Category: Social Media
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Internet users cry foul over amendment to Evidence Act
I was quoted in The Sun Daily after my article “Grave reprecussions for Internet users”. ———————————— Michelle Chun newsdesk@thesundaily.com PETALING JAYA (May 20, 2012): The recently passed Evidence (Amendment) (No 2) Act 2012, whereby internet users are held liable for any content posted through their registered networks or data processing device, is both unfair and…
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Grave repercussions for internet users
Published on LoyarBurok on 24 April 2012. Dissecting the presumption of fact relating to publication in the controversial new Bill. The Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 was one of the bills rushed and passed by the Parliament recently. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz, when winding up the Evidence (Amendment) Bill…
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Computing Professionals Bill 2011 – Latest Update
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) recently announced the concerns on Computing Professionals Bill 2011 highlighted by relevant stakeholders. The major issues of concern raised were: (i) Clear definition of the powers of the Board and interpretation of the terms in the Bill; (ii) Defining the rules and regulations of the Bill; (iii)…
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What lies ahead for social media
Published in Putik Lada column, The Star on Friday February 3, 2012 It is going to be a tempestuous year with more developments in the social media scene, and a digital war may erupt between Internet users, companies and governments. MALAYSIA’S social media sphere hit a milestone last year. Facebook users reached 12 million in…
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IT lawyers prefer self-regulation to gov’t body
Malaysiakini, 12 Nov 2011: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/183927 Two legal experts specialising in the information technology (IT) industry said that a self-regulating body to guide the industry was better than a federal government-led body as proposed in the draft Computing Professionals Bill 2011. In an article on the Loyar Burok website, lawyers Foong Cheng Leong and Joachim Leong wrote that…
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Computing Professionals Bill 2011 – Ambiguity, Arbitrariness and Uncertainty
First published on LoyarBurok on 11 December 2011 There has been a public outcry on the Computing Professionals Bill. Some of the fears are unfounded while others, quite genuine. Foong Cheng Leong, an IT lawyer and Joachim Leong, a non-practicing lawyer cum Consultant for Denning IT dissect the Bill. In their views, the main concerns…
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Talk on Use of Technology amongst Lawyers (6 Dec 2011)
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CyberSecurity Malaysia’s dos and don’ts on social networking sites
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 (Bernama) — CyberSecurity Malaysia has introduced a new Internet guideline called, Best Practice on Social Networking Sites (SNS). CyberSecurity Malaysia is the national cyber security specialist centre and an agency under the purview of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). In a statement today, the Chief Executive Officer of…
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Filing a Complaint with the MCMC
Posting offending messages on the internet is longer a trivial thing nowadays. Many internet users are now aware of their remedy when facing with offensive messages on the internet. Bank Employee Charged With Posting Obscene Blog Title KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (Bernama) — A former EON Bank Berhad employee pleaded not guilty in the Sessions…
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Handling social media disasters
Published on 12 May 2011 in The Star Newspaper Social media can be a powerful tool to promote your goods or services, but the online world is unpredictable and no matter how good a brand is, there will be someone hating it. IT is now the norm for brand owners having social media network accounts…