There must be no restriction to Facebook freedom

Media Statement by Yeo Bee Yin, DAP Social Media Strategist and State Assemblywoman for Damansara Utama on Sunday, 10 August 2014 in Petaling Jaya.

We will not give an inch - Putrajaya should not waste time to even think about blocking Facebook.

We are greatly disturbed by the remarks made by the Minister of Communication and Multimedia Dato Sri’ Ahmad Shabery Cheek on Putrajaya's ‘readiness’ to study whether Facebook should be blocked in Malaysia in order to limit the abuse of the social network.

This is not the first time Putrajaya attempts to limit internet freedom. We have not forgotten the incident when BBC’s website publishing article entitled “#BBCtrending: Be careful what you say about spinach”, was suspiciously blocked temporarily in January.