Blog is used to communicate or just simply voicing out oneself. Creating a blog seems just so simple and easy. It is now fast to post anything, anytime, anywhere without the need to gain any consent of any reader; about the subject talked about, In Malaysia, if one’s reputation is affected by any kind of slanderous or libelous remarks by these unsatisfied bloggers for some reason or the other, only when the ‘offending act’ is witnessed by any third party can the offender be sued under the defamatory act.
Bloggers need to aware of the consequences that they may face in the future and be well-equipped to know that they are always accountable for whatever they say and post in their ‘supposedly’ personal blogs. Just recently, there was a case of well-known open-mindedly outspoken bloggers, Ahiruddin Attan who was sued by the New Strait Times Press that we claimed to be libelous. This can mean that many of us are not aware of the costs of being too blatantly honest and tend to assume that blogging is a place where is freedom of speech is recognized, when in actual fact this is only partially true.
Bloggers need to aware of the consequences that they may face in the future and be well-equipped to know that they are always accountable for whatever they say and post in their ‘supposedly’ personal blogs. Just recently, there was a case of well-known open-mindedly outspoken bloggers, Ahiruddin Attan who was sued by the New Strait Times Press that we claimed to be libelous. This can mean that many of us are not aware of the costs of being too blatantly honest and tend to assume that blogging is a place where is freedom of speech is recognized, when in actual fact this is only partially true.
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