KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has denied allegations that it blocked access to articles on international news portals.
In a statement, the MCMC stressed that the allegation is not true and is meant 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 incidentally shortened or modified.
“Because of that, any attempt to click on the URLs would take the user to a page that shows the articles do not exist anymore.
“MCMC’s check shows that the articles still exist, can be accessed and were not erased or taken down by the news portals, as alleged,” the statement read.
The MCMC urged the public to always evaluate the contents of any message they receive and stop sharing news and information that have not been verified. – Bernama, August 25, 2021
