Last night, Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp all went down for six hours. We look at the lessons to be learnt from the unprecedented blackout.
Produced by: Tasha Fusil, Raihanna Azwar
Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lee Chwi Lynn
Malaysiakini and its editor-in-chief are being cited for contempt of court over several readers’ comments on an article. We reach out to Foong Cheng Leong to find out what the law says about holding media portals accountable over comments made by readers.
Produced by: Tasha Fusil
Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn
A “coding issue” resulted in the malfunctioning of a mobile app that was used to transmit and formulate the results of the Iowa caucus. A tech expert joins us to talk about what goes into the building and execution of an online voting system.
Produced by: Tasha Fusil, Lee Chwi Lynn
Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Kelvin Yee
Facebook has launched an app that collects extra data from users in exchange for a monthly payment. We consider if that makes for a fair exchange.
Produced by: Julian Yap
Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Kelvin Yee
Our location data is the new gold mine but is it really fair game?
I was interviewed by BFM Radio to talk about illegal downloading of music, songs etc by internet users on 13 April 2015.
The makers of Dallas Buyers Club, the award winning movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, have been aggressively going after online pirates in the United States, Australia and now, Singapore. What set their legal strategy apart from similar efforts in the past, what are the implications for privacy rights, and will internet service providers in Malaysia have to surrender subscribers’ information as well if they extend their litigation to our shores? Intellectual property and privacy rights lawyer Foong Cheng Leong explains.
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