PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) does not see micro-blogging site Twitter’s new policy to remove messages from specific countries by request as a move to censor content.
“We see this as a move by Twitter to recognise that despite the borderless nature of the Internet there is a clear need to accept that the Internet does not operate in a legal vacuum,” said Datuk Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi, chairman of the industry regulator.
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