PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has held that news portal Malaysiakini is in full control of what is publishable or not on its online platform, making it liable for comments posted by third parties on its website.
In a 6-1 majority decision, the court ruled that Mkini Dotcom, which runs Malaysiakini, was in contempt of court when five comments by readers, which attacked the judiciary, appeared in the comment section of an article published in June last year.
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