So now we’ve reached a point where ulang siar video lama can trigger government action?
Seriously?
A minister instructing MCMC to go after people for resharing old videos. Not fake videos, not AI generated lies, but existing, previously circulated content. Let that sink in.
Since when did truth come with an expiry date?
If a video was acceptable yesterday, what makes it dangerous today?
Is it the content… or the timing?
Is it misinformation… or just inconvenient memory?
Because that’s what this feels like not regulation, but revision.
You don’t erase reality by controlling when it can be seen.
You don’t fix public perception by policing what people remember.
And you definitely don’t build trust by making rakyat feel like they’re walking on eggshells every time they hit “share.”
Let’s be clear.
If the issue is false information, then say it clearly, prove it false, and act accordingly.
But if the issue is simply that an old video is resurfacing and making someone uncomfortable, then that’s not a legal problem, that’s a political one.
And politics, Fahmi, is not solved by silencing timelines.
It’s solved by accountability.
Because once you start deciding that certain versions of the past are no longer allowed to exist in the present… you’re not regulating content anymore.
You’re rewriting history.
And rakyat can see the difference.
Clear as day
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