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Technology has given new pathways to communicate using different mediums such as the famous Twitter and Facebook, Twitter is a free social networking service that allows users to post their own 140 character messages post, where people can follow them and read, and for Facebook, things such as groups where by a user is allowed to “Join” a group of their interest receiving constant updates via that group for updates has change the way we get updated. According to Todd (2010) “It gives people the ability to update important matters, faster than newspapers and televised news can.” as Examples 2.2, 3.3 show.



Image 2.2 (taken from google.com/search)



Image 3.3 (taken from google.com/search)

For example in Malaysia, it has helped shift the way politics has been seen in the country. Since January, 2007, the Malaysian government has pushed back at bloggers with defamation suits and the arrest and interrogation of bloggers according to OSC Malaysia (2007). It been said that Malaysian law enshrines free speech as a matter of principle, but the Malaysian sedition law makes restrictions on what can be said about the government or about ethnic groups. The government must license print newspapers in Malaysia, and it has sometimes repealed publishing licenses to newspapers for printing controversial stories. Malaysian defamation law allows prosecution for astronomical damages. Malaysian assembly laws require permits for any gathering in public places (see Wu, (2006) for details). Organizations, even affiliations of bloggers, must have public, named officers.

Reference List

Kelsey, Todd. 2010 “Social Networking Spaces: From Facebook to Twitter and Everything In Between”, Apress, ISBN: 1430225963

Analysis: Tension Between Malaysian Bloggers, Authorities Appears To Intensify, FEA20070914318786. OSC Feature – Malaysia – OSC Analysis 13 Sep 07

Wu, Tang Hang. 2006. Let A Hundred Flowers Bloom: A Malaysian Case Study On Blogging Towards A Democratic Culture. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Malaysian Research Group In UK and Eire at Manchester Conference Centre, 4th June 2005.