Kokila Annamalai says she is more afraid of not standing up to bullying from those in power.

The Online Safety Bill gives MCMC and the communications ministry far-reaching powers to block content under the pretext of protecting internet users from harm.

This comes as the prime minister vows to push through with the latest move to curb free speech online.

Political commentator Na'im Brundage has had his accounts blocked several times.

Rights lawyers say it is Pakatan Harapan's ultimate betrayal of its reform promises after benefiting from social media's freedom for so long.

In 2023, Malaysia embarrassingly became world champion with 2,202 takedown requests made to TikTok.

Shamsher Singh Thind is the latest to find himself blocked for criticising government leaders.

Na'im Brundage has become accustomed to losing his TikTok accounts, along with his large pool of subscribers.

Malaysia Today, run by blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, has been inaccessible for users using several local ISPs.

The amendments to the country's IT rules make it obligatory on platforms 'not to publish, share or host fake, false or misleading information' about the government.

Puffin made hundreds of changes to characters and language in Dahl's stories including making the Oompa-Loompas in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' gender neutral and calling Augustus Gloop enormous rather than fat.

The communications and digital minister says the government does not issue any licence to social media platform providers including instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp, WeChat and MiChat.