Malaysia’s internet blackout : politicisation of online activism?
The Internet Blackout Day in Malaysia last fortnight has caused the Najib administration to re-evaluate recent amendments to the Evidence Act. While this outcome may be interpreted as a success for online activism in the country, would a similar outcome have been achieved if the campaign had not bee...
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| author | Cheong, Damien D. Yeap, Su Yin |
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| description | The Internet Blackout Day in Malaysia last fortnight has caused the Najib administration to re-evaluate recent amendments to the Evidence Act. While this outcome may be interpreted as a success for online activism in the country, would a similar outcome have been achieved if the campaign had not been supported by the major Opposition parties? |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/947572020-11-01T07:16:41Z Malaysia’s internet blackout : politicisation of online activism? Cheong, Damien D. Yeap, Su Yin S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science The Internet Blackout Day in Malaysia last fortnight has caused the Najib administration to re-evaluate recent amendments to the Evidence Act. While this outcome may be interpreted as a success for online activism in the country, would a similar outcome have been achieved if the campaign had not been supported by the major Opposition parties? 2012-12-12T07:52:32Z 2019-12-06T19:01:38Z 2012-12-12T07:52:32Z 2019-12-06T19:01:38Z 2012 2012 Commentary Cheong, D. D., & Yeap, S. Y. (2012). Malaysia’s internet blackout : politicisation of online activism?. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 163). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94757 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8871 en RSIS commentaries, 163-12 2 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Cheong, Damien D. Yeap, Su Yin Malaysia’s internet blackout : politicisation of online activism? |
| title | Malaysia’s internet blackout : politicisation of online activism? |
| title_full | Malaysia’s internet blackout : politicisation of online activism? |
| title_fullStr | Malaysia’s internet blackout : politicisation of online activism? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malaysia’s internet blackout : politicisation of online activism? |
| title_short | Malaysia’s internet blackout : politicisation of online activism? |
| title_sort | malaysia s internet blackout politicisation of online activism |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science |
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