[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysiakini fined RM500,000 amid press freedom fears, Facebook 'unfriends' Australia as content spat escalates

Astro Awani
February 19, 2021 17:19 MYT

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Among the headlines for Friday, 19 February 2021, the Federal Court today found Malaysiakini guilty of contempt of court over comments posted by readers that were deemed offensive to the judiciary, fining the news portal RM500,000.

Also, Facebook faced a worldwide backlash from publishers and politicians after blocking news feeds in Australia in a surprise escalation of a dispute with the government over a law to require it to share revenue from news.

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