PETALING JAYA: Following complaints that another website had suffered selective DNS blocks, a government minister has given a guarantee “that there is no action against any official media registered with the information department so far”.
TV Pertiwi’s CEO had filed a police report yesterday calling for an investigation into DNS blocks by the government against his website which prevented some Malaysian users from accessing the site. He said no official notice of a block had been given.
Asked for his response today, communications and digital minister Fahmi Fadzil said he would obtain feedback from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission first before commenting on the matter, in case it involves any police investigation.
“We guarantee that there is no action taken against any official media registered with the information department so far,” he told reporters in Putrajaya today, according to Bernama. The term “official media” is often used by the government to refer to Radio-TV Malaysia and the Bernama news agency.
Other news portals, such as MalaysiaNow and UtusanTV, have said in recent weeks that they had suffered selective DNS blocks, by which some Malaysian internet users, usually on mobile data, are prevented from accessing certain sites.
Such blocks can be circumvented by users changing their settings to use Google’s DNS servers or via VPN apps or servers.
Yesterday, MCMC said any action against TV Pertiwi was subject to investigation to ensure the integrity and safety of content published on its portal.
Fahmi said today: “In general, we cannot allow any information that is inaccurate, slanderous in nature or matters touching on 3R (race, religion, and royalty) to be manipulated by any party.” - FMT
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