5,000 Sites Blocked by MCMC since 2015 for 'Various Offences'

Of the 5,000 sites, 4,277 are pornographic websites that were offensive while another 767 displayed elements of gamling, prostitution, fraud, piracy, counterfeit products, unregistered medicine, and others. Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Jailani Johari said that "MCMC blocks all the websites based on the application of the enforcement agencies such as the police; Health Ministry; Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry; and other relevant agencies.

Perhaps of concern to the privacy of many of us, the MCMC also investigated 181 cases of social media and Internet abuse involving the spread of false information and contents through WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter under the same Act. While Twitter and Facebook have always been a social platform open to scrutiny, WhatsApp is supposed to be a means for private conversations.