{"id":735,"date":"2008-03-06T08:53:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T13:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/06\/malaysiakini-open-for-free-reading"},"modified":"2008-03-06T08:53:25","modified_gmt":"2008-03-06T13:53:25","slug":"malaysiakini-open-for-free-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/06\/malaysiakini-open-for-free-reading","title":{"rendered":"Malaysiakini, open for free reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the upcoming general elections in Malaysia, I&#8217;m sure quite a number are fed up of reading mainstream news, that really are extensions of the ruling coalition government; aka they&#8217;re government mouthpieces. Now&#8217;s your chance to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/\">Malaysiakini<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/79127\"><b>free<\/b><\/a>, until March 10 2008. Its the general election special.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/malaysiakini\" rel=\"tag\">malaysiakini<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/malaysia\" rel=\"tag\">malaysia<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/free\" rel=\"tag\">free<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/online%20newspaper\" rel=\"tag\">online newspaper<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/government\" rel=\"tag\">government<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/general%20elections\" rel=\"tag\">general elections<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Malaysiakini%2C%20open%20for%20free%20reading&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F03%2F06%2Fmalaysiakini-open-for-free-reading&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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Now&#8217;s your chance to read Malaysiakini for free, until March 10 2008. Its the general election special. Technorati Tags: malaysiakini, malaysia, free, online [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Malaysiakini%2C%20open%20for%20free%20reading&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F03%2F06%2Fmalaysiakini-open-for-free-reading&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), ordered all ISPs to block access to a website, thereby violating the MSC Bill of Guarantees, which clearly states: Ensure no Internet censorship. Join the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2709,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/05\/01\/as-election-nears-malaysia-filters-the-internet","url_meta":{"origin":735,"position":1},"title":"As election nears, Malaysia filters the Internet","date":"1\/5\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"While I am not in Malaysia and cannot verify this myself, reliable sources have mentioned that there is filtering\/censorship happening in Malaysia on the Internet. This isn't the first time Malaysia has played around with censorship\/internet-censorship, but it is a crucial time as the elections are on May 5 2013\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Malaysia&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/66\/196441898_db4b3fe844_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2762,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/07\/15\/paywalls-need-usability-improvements","url_meta":{"origin":735,"position":2},"title":"Paywalls need usability improvements","date":"15\/7\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A while back I stated that paywalls aren't bad. But they are downright annoying when it comes to sharing articles. It breaks the whole flow of the sharing economy - I like to tweet links to things that I find of interest, and when the other party can't view it,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":740,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/08\/malaysiakini-not-accessible-try-their-ip-address-instead","url_meta":{"origin":735,"position":3},"title":"Malaysiakini not accessible? Try their IP address instead","date":"8\/3\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Public Service Announcement: Malaysiakini's DNS servers have been knocked off the Internet. Basically, they're pointing to 127.0.0.1, which is localhost (your machine). Live reports of election results are still available, just access Malaysiakini via their IP address: http:\/\/122.0.17.30\/.Reason behind the DNS being unavailable is unknown, but do keep up with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1026,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/09\/16\/learn2scale-whats-up-with-malaysian-news-sites-will-the-cloud-work-for-them","url_meta":{"origin":735,"position":4},"title":"learn2scale &#8211; what&#8217;s up with Malaysian news sites? Will the cloud work for them?","date":"16\/9\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Seriously kids, what's with the lack of scalability? I've never seen CNN or the NYTimes go down on \"trimmed\" versions. Is it a question of bandwidth? Is it lack of hardware? Take for example, Malaysiakini (the first alternative news source in Malaysia, with a subscription model built around it). It\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":738,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/08\/twin-postal-voters-revealed-thanks-to-a-program","url_meta":{"origin":735,"position":5},"title":"Twin postal voters revealed, thanks to a program","date":"8\/3\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Malaysia's General Elections are today. I'm not voting. The opposition, aim higher I did not receive my postal ballot papers. I'll have to file a complaint soon. For fun reading, do read: How Secure is the daftarj.spr.gov.my Website? Then, read from Malaysiakini, Programme reveals 'twin' postal voters. 49% repeats exist\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}