Monday, 29 Jun 2020 11:49 AM MYTSteven Gan, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Malaysiakini speaks at the Institute of Journalists Malaysia’s ‘Journalism Now’ forum, May 12, 2015. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng
They argued that under a ‘new normal’, societies all over the free world have come to both accept and expect readers to post instant and unscrutinised comments on the internet notwithstanding unwelcome consequences arising occasionally as a result. “To do otherwise will have the unhelpful and counterproductive chilling effect of causing internet media agencies to disable all comments columns.
“It is clear that it is only appropriate to resort to contempt proceedings where the administration of justice has been seriously undermined. It is unnecessary to use it as a sledgehammer to crack a nut,” they said, adding that such principles were critical to a functioning democracy.
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