PUTRAJAYA, May 20 — The new Film Censorship Guidelines were introduced today to ensure that local filmmakers can continue to produce more high-quality works with aesthetic value without touching on the sensitivity of the multi-racial and multi-religious society in the country. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said three main pillars were incorporated in … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 ― It was a stellar 2023 for Malaysian filmmakers with awards at Cannes and the Oscars, but signs of heightened censorship at home and death threats have fuelled worries about whether the optimism built off the back of the global success can last. Muslim-majority Malaysia typically restricts content seen as offensive … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, December 19 — The much-hyped crowdfunded dystopian thriller film Pendatang is set to be released on YouTube this coming Thursday. The film garnered attention for being touted as Malaysia’s first fully crowdfunded film after it kicked off its campaign on August 8, 2022. According to the film’s co-producer and Kuman Pictures founder Amir … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 — Director Amanda Nell Eu has reportedly lamented the state of the film industry in Malaysia despite a strong year for the industry internationally, pointing to how censorship still continues under the Anwar administration. Speaking to the British paper The Guardian, Eu highlighted that self-censorship is a big problem in Malaysia … Read more
BEIJING, March 24 — Search giant Baidu’s lacklustre unveiling of its chatbot exposed gaps in China’s race to rival ChatGPT, as censorship and a US squeeze on chip imports have hamstrung the country’s artificial intelligence ambitions. The highly anticipated preview of “Ernie Bot” last week was limited to a pre-recorded demonstration with simple questions to … Read more
HONG KONG: Between glass and soaring concrete walls, Hong Kongers queued for the opening of the much-anticipated multimillion-dollar art museum M+, a project bedevilled by delays, spiralling costs, and now the spectre of censorship. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean news website often critical of authorities had its licence suspended Tuesday for failing to declare funding sources, regulators said, with a rights group slamming the move as “unacceptable censorship”. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
