Social Media Fail
Why social media won’t be able to effect political change in Malaysia.
Why social media won’t be able to effect political change in Malaysia.

Perhaps the only question which remains is whether any public-spirited media organisation or person will take the new rules banning them to task. But then again, if the Chief Justice himself advised the Yang di-Pertuan Agong that the ban was legal, how would a suit in our courts declaring the rules unconstitutional fare?
Do the police or the Ministry have the power to search our vehicles for pirated discs?
Paper presented on 16 May at the Bloggers Universe Malaysia (BUM) 2009 gathering. It has been estimated that by 2010 there will be over five hundred million blogs worldwide. Will that be a boon and benefit to the opening space for democracy? Or will that be baneful? The first flush of enthusiasm now has cautionary [...]