NOVEMBER 21 — As our G58 Huzhou-Beijing train hurtled across China’s eastern seaboard at over 300km per hour, delegates in my study tour utilised various VPNs (Virtual Personal Network) to post on social media. It surprises because they circumvented the Great Firewall of China. The system which...
Thursday, 21 Nov 2019 07:03 AM MYTNOVEMBER 21 — As our G58 Huzhou-Beijing train hurtled across China’s eastern seaboard at over 300km per hour, delegates in my study tour utilised various VPNs to post on social media.
Which is where the discussion turns to Malaysia, and the poorly disguised attempt by National Film Development Corporation Malaysia to demonise Netflix as a source of youth perversion.Media and netizens counter-claimed quickly there are safety features to protect children and that it was a guise to assist traffic to Malaysia’s — a competitor, if the word can be loosely used here — Aflix.
For instance, there are 300 hours YouTube videos added per minute, who’s going to censor them, Idham? Per minute, not day. Global community standard is an evolving measure dealing with content despite moving goalposts. It’s self-regulation by platform owners through the engagement of various stakeholders, and erring on the side of caution on content, inasmuch as not to flagrantly undo rights of expression.As a moderate sized nation, not at the edge of technological advancements or the funds to commit for a Malaysian firewall, affecting the community standards is the reasonable solution.
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