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Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali has revealed that 3,682 illegal websites offering and spreading pirated content, such as popular films and music, have been blocked from 2021 to November 2024. He added that the blocking was carried out by KPDN in collaboration with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and Internet service providers (ISPs).

As promised by X since last May, the Block feature that prevents certain accounts from reading your tweets has now been changed. Accounts blocked by users can now read tweets but they can no longer interact with the tweets sent. So, what should you know about it?

Over the weekend, news of Domain Name System (DNS) redirection was a hot topic, and Malaysians were united in protesting against it. Thankfully, our Communication Minister Ahmad Fahmi bin Mohamed Fadzil has decided to call it off, allowing the internet speeds to be back to normal.

News about implementing a public Domain Name System (DNS) redirection has been going around lately. In this latest news, Maxis just posted an FAQ to give us a clearer picture of what is going on with redirect DNS and what this means for you.

Deputy Minister of Communications Teo Nie Ching in Parliament today revealed that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has blocked 549 porn sites and 69 prostitution websites from January to 1 June this year. She also revealed that MCMC had collaborated with social media operators to remove similar items on the latter’s platforms.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that the authorities have blocked access to 1675 websites selling illegal pharmaceutical products in Malaysia. The action was taken under Operation Pangea XVI nationwide from 3 to 10 October, with various products worth over half a million ringgit also confiscated.

The Indonesian government has blocked several popular websites and online services in the country, most notably online gaming platforms Steam and Epic Games as well as social site Reddit. Interestingly enough, the blocking of these sites was made known by esports organisation Team Secret via a meme post on its social media pages.

If you're using Spotify and want to block someone, your wish is finally coming true. Technically, it is doable when you contact customer service but you can now do it yourself on your desktop or mobile app.

Forbes reported that Google intends on ditching ad block extensions for Google Chrome and limit them only to enterprise users, leaving regular consumers exposed to advertisements scattered throughout the world wide web. The removal of ad block extensions is expected to be carried up based on a proposal called “Manifest V3”, which will drastically change the Google Chrome extension ecosystem.

Based on a report by thestar.com.my, there will be a feature that will be included in a future called Authentication, which will stop users from taking screenshots of conversations that are determined by the user. That being said, if the other user does not enable the aforementioned feature, they will still be able to take screenshots of the the private chat.