Thursday, August 14, 2014

Putrajaya cuba menyekat kebebasan Facebook

Kenyataan media Strategis Media Sosial DAP merangkap ADUN Damansara Utama, Yeo Bee Yin pada hari Ahad. 10 Ogos 2014 di Petaling Jaya.

Kita tidak akan berganjak walau seinci - Putrajaya tidak perlu membuang masa berfikir menghalang akses Facebook.

Kita benar-benar terganggu dengan kenyataan yang dibuat oleh Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia Dato’ Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek mengenai ‘kesediaan’ Putrajaya untuk menghalang akses Facebook di Malaysia bagi menghalang salah guna rangakaian sosial itu.

Ini bukan kali pertama Putrajaya cuba menyekat kebebasan internet. Kita tidak lupa insiden apabila laman web BBC menyiarkan rencana bertajuk “#BBCtrending: Be careful what you say about spinach”, secara tiba-tiba dihalang buat seketika pada bulan Januari.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

There must be no restriction to Facebook freedom

Media Statement by Yeo Bee Yin, DAP Social Media Strategist and State Assemblywoman for Damansara Utama on Sunday, 10 August 2014 in Petaling Jaya.

We will not give an inch - Putrajaya should not waste time to even think about blocking Facebook.

We are greatly disturbed by the remarks made by the Minister of Communication and Multimedia Dato Sri’ Ahmad Shabery Cheek on Putrajaya's ‘readiness’ to study whether Facebook should be blocked in Malaysia in order to limit the abuse of the social network.

This is not the first time Putrajaya attempts to limit internet freedom. We have not forgotten the incident when BBC’s website publishing article entitled “#BBCtrending: Be careful what you say about spinach”, was suspiciously blocked temporarily in January.