MCMC denies allegation of blocking access to international news portals

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has denied the allegation that it has blocked access to articles from international news portals.

In a statement, the MCMC stressed that the allegation was not true and was intended to mislead internet users in Malaysia.

The commission said based on its investigation, the uniform resource locators (URLs) for news articles from Nikkei Asia, Yahoo News, Reuters, Al-Jazeera, The Guardian and Washington Post had been intentionally or coincidentally shortened. or modified.

“For this reason, any attempt to click on the URLs would take the user to a page which shows that the articles no longer exist.

“The MCMC verification shows that the articles still exist, are accessible and have not been erased or deleted by the news portals as claimed in the press release.

Therefore, the MCMC urged the public to always evaluate the content of any message received and to stop sharing news and information that has not been verified. – Bernama

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