Defence: Law does not require websites to pre-moderate comments

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The law does not require news organisations to pre-moderate and censor comments left by readers on their websites, the Federal Court heard today. Defence counsel Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, who is representing Malaysiakini and its editor-in-chief, Steven Gan, submitted that Malaysiakini readers posted 2,000 comments on average a day. With such a volume, Malaysiakini relied on its readers to flag offensive comments which will then be subjected to a moderation process. As for the five comments which were the subject of the contempt hearing today, Malik said the defendants had removed them within minutes of being informed of the matter by the police. Earlier this month, Attorney-General Idrus Harun initiated contempt proceedings against Malaysiakini and Gan over five comments left by readers. The defendants are being accused of facilitating contemptuous comments which scandalised the court a…