Grindr Since 22 Dec 2023, access to Asia Sentinel website has been blocked in Malaysia on: - TM (AS4788 and AS38322) - Digi (AS4818) - Maxis (AS9534) - Time (AS9300) - Celcom (AS10030) Source: explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?prob…

We are currently lacking measurements from Celcom, U Mobile, Yes and Digi users. If you subscribe to any of these providers, running the test on your mobile will help in gathering the evidence of censorship, if any.

Asia Sentinel has been blocked before for covering Sarawak Report posts on 1MDB in 2016. Blocking was removed in 2018, but it is now blocked again since end of last year for unexplained reasons by MCMC.

Detecting Internet Outages with Mozilla Telemetry Data blog.mozilla.org/data/2021/11/0… OONI and IODA projects independently use this data from Mozilla for their research on network interference.

Today, Mentega Terbang’s legal team argued that Section 298 violates freedom of expression & association under the Constitution. Interestingly, this law was created pre-Merdeka & pre-Constitution. The decision to refer the case to the High Court will be announced on 14 June. 🤞🏼

We are planning to send a memorandum to the PMO tomorrow on the e-jamin issue. We currently have a number of signees but every person helps. If you are a lawyer and you are interested to sign the memo do feel free to PM me and we can discuss further. #KenapaTakJaminEJamin

Job opening. We're looking for a candidate to join our team in managing networks of digital rights partners that monitor internet censorship and restrictions to the freedom of expression online. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. sinarproject.org/about/jobs/pro…

Mark your calendars! The 20th edition of the FreedomFilmFest! Join us and celebrate Why Freedom? Reply and tell us what you’re looking forward to at the festival! Stay tuned for our full list of programmes and screenings. #20YearsOfFreedom #FreedomFilmFest

If the gov themselves admit its self-censorship, then the onus is on them to explain why they believe this to be the case and suggest remedies to ensure that the media feel safe to report on sensitive issues. Otherwise the government looks ignorant on its influences on the media.

MCMC took down an FB post critical of the involvement of a minister's husband in a state government project because it "cyber bullied" the minister. Lol malaysiakini.com/news/708053

✨ OONI Partner Gathering 2024 in Malaysia 😍 ooni.org/post/2024-ooni… We are excited to share that we hosted a 2-day event that brought our partners from Asia & the Middle East together to exchange skills & knowledge on internet censorship research. ✊🐙 🧵Learn more 👇

Mind boggling.Just few days back I saw with my own eyes Fahmi Fadzil 🇲🇾 encouraging FreedomFilmFest 🎥 & even pledging support from MADANI & now this? Let FFF expose truths & test these truths in public domains. Solidarity from North South Initiative!!!

⚠️Censorship Update: Malaysian ISPs Maxis and Time are implementing transparent DNS proxy on Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) and Google (8.8.8.8) public DNS servers, users are no longer able to use these alternative DNS servers to access websites blocked by MCMC imap.sinarproject.org/news/internet-…

This is a terrible precedent. The government is going to get bit in its own arse with this. They're taking the wrong action to tackle the issue. If the ISPs mess with TLS, they're basically breaking trust. We can no longer safely do banking, commerce, etc online.

Communication Minister said the request to block the site went straight to the ISP and that it “didn’t go through MCMC”. This raises the question of whether each ministry can “request” ISPs to block any sites they deem fit.

Isn’t this ultra vires? It’s setting a dangerous precedent if all ministries can direct ISPs to block websites, and that kinda makes MCMC’s function as a regulator redundant.

If I was a scammer at <xyz>.com and it got blocked, it costs <$10 to create <xyz1>.com and be back online in minutes. The only ones adversely impacted by a DNS block are **legit** sites - who are unwilling to move to a different domain. Illegal biz aren't afraid of DNS bans.

Information doesn’t suddenly become false because it’s not aligned with your version of things. Also, public criticism isn’t misinformation.

While using OONI Probe is the best option for detailed testing, sometimes users just want quick answers to check if a site is currently blocked in Malaysia. Preview of simple service to quickly check if a site is on ISP DNS block list (at least TMNet) h/t Choon-Siang Lai

A well researched and written article. The damage has already been done. The only question is how bad it will be. I stand by my statement that only legitimate sites will be adversely impacted. Baddies aren't afraid of DNS blocks. straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/d…