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                                <title><![CDATA[ Another TikTok video by MalaysiaNow on Azam-gate taken down ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ TikTok blocks MalaysiaNow video on Bloomberg's exposé as pressure mounts on MACC's Azam Baki ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Singapore invokes its censorship laws on MalaysiaNow, tells portal to insert 'corrections' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 09:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ MCMC asks Facebook to block video of Sabah meeting approving mineral licence for Farhash-linked firm ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Top journalists say CMA amendments height of Anwar government's free speech crackdown ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 04:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It comes as the government is accused of seeking to expand offences that would constitute general criticism as part of misusing network facilities. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Government in bid to plant 'fake news law', rights lawyers warn ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Lawyers for Liberty says amendments to the Communications and Multimedia Act 'massively widens' the offence of abusing network facility. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Hands off my Facebook': Singaporean in rare defiance of government order to 'correct' her opinion ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Kokila Annamalai says she is more afraid of not standing up to bullying from those in power. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Proposed 'online safety' law another censorship tool for Putrajaya, critics warn ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Online Safety Bill gives MCMC and the communications ministry far-reaching powers to block content under the pretext of protecting internet users from harm. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Most dictatorial ever': Ambiga joins condemnation of plan for 'kill switch', social media licensing ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This comes as the prime minister vows to push through with the latest move to curb free speech online. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Political TikToker takes government to court for blocking accounts ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Political commentator Na'im Brundage has had his accounts blocked several times. ]]></description>
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