As it gets closer to a Bersih rally, pick headlines portals as well as romantic blogs will face augmenting cyber-attacks, say media watchers
KUALA LUMPUR: Online attacks opposite pick headlines portals as well as romantic blogs will intensify, as a clock ticks down to a Jul 9 Coalition for Free as well as Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) rally.
Centre for Independent Journalism programme executive Chuah Siew Eng pronounced which these cyber-attacks were a right away a norm during politically severe times.
There will unequivocally be some Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. That seems to be a trend, she said, attributing these attacks to different persons.
They will target certain media which are outspoken. But they cannot close down a total Internet, thats as well drastic.
Chuah used a brand new Sarawak state election in April as an example. At a time, both whistleblower site Sarawak Report as well as online headlines portal Malaysiakini crashed due to continuous DDoS attacks.
However, she pronounced which a supervision would not cut off a countrys Internet entrance similar to Egypt since it had as well much to lose.
She pronounced which such an action would backfire opposite a government, as well as capture some-more people to Bersihs cause.
If Facebook were to get close down, if a supervision were to do that, a fence-sitters, or a ones not affected (by a protests) it would have some-more of them involved, she said.
In a early days of this years Egyptian revolution, former president Hosni Mubaraks administration department cut off a countrys Internet as well as cellular entrance in a bid to besiege opposition groups from each other.
However, a pierce did little to stave a annoy Egyptians had opposite Mub! arak. So me experts claimed which a cutoff essentially backfired opposite a government.
MCMC warnings
Like Chuah, Media Defence South East Middle East (MDSEA) executive executive HR Dipendra did not consider a supervision would cut off Internet access.
A total Internet shutdown didnt unequivocally work in Egypt. (For Malaysia), they can possibly close down everything, or not close it down at all, he said.
In a mean time, Dipendra pronounced which local pick headlines sites might get warnings from a Malaysian Communications as well as Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
You might get calls as well as notices from a MCMC. They will substantially try to tell we not to have things worse, or quote national security reasons.
But they would be hard-pressed to come up with any authorised justifications, he said.
He combined which a authorities might review to a earthy shutting of pick headlines sites, if assault erupted on a day of a convene itself.
You might even be physically close down, as well as although we can work remotely, therell be a lot of inconvenience, he said.
He combined which in such an event, a supervision might even take social media sites such as Facebook off a radar, adding: Only if its positively necessary.
However, former National Union of Journalists arch Hata Wahari, was not so optimistic.
Many things will happen
Hata pronounced which a mass arrests as well as heavy-handed police action set a fashion for future supervision action.
I consider all is possible now. If we wear Bersih T-shirts, youll get caught do we consider they will allow we to refurbish your website? he told FMT.
He pronounced which a supervision was taking some-more extreme measures than it did when it faced a first Bersih protests in 2007.
If we look in Bersih 1.0, there was very minimal block-out. But right away I see a lot of precedents. They use (Section) 122 (of a Penal Code), Sedition Act,! raids b ut warrants.
I consider most some-more things will occur in a subsequent week, he said.
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