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* A documentary on the MH370 plane crash was banned from screening on the Malaysian feed of the National Geographic channel. No official reason was given, but those who have saw it claims that the facts given in the documentary were controversial.
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* A documentary on the MH370 [=MH370=] plane crash was banned from screening on the Malaysian feed of the National Geographic channel. No official reason National Geographic themselves claim that the documentary was given, not banned, but those was produced solely for the UK market and was not intended to be screened anywhere else in the world. However, many Malaysian expatriates in the UK who have saw seen it claims that the facts given in the documentary were controversial. features some rather controversial topics.
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* A documentary on the MH370 plane crash was banned from screening on the Malaysian feed of the National Geographic channel. No official reason was given, but those who have saw it claims that the facts given in the documentary were controversial.
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* As Malaysia is officially recognized as a Islamic country (but in reality is a multicultural melting pot, much like America), slots and other forms of electronic gambling are only available to "licensed" premises. This typically means they're only available in one place: [[GoldenSaucer Genting Highlands]]. The police have power to and would typically raid arcades and revoke business licenses as well as confiscate all machines in the premise if so much as one gambling game is found in the premise (which is usually enforced through tip-offs). However, in reality, this has only resulted in arcades disguising their one armed bandits as legal video game machines. Yeah, you're right when you noticed that something's strange with the ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' machine in the back corner of an arcade. Although to be fair, they are still regularly found out and shut down from time to time. This only applies to machines that pay out cash. [[DoubleStandard Machines that pay out tokens and tickets are generally treated much more leniently]].
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* As Malaysia is officially recognized as a Islamic country (but in reality is a multicultural melting pot, much like America), slots and other forms of electronic gambling are only available to "licensed" premises. This typically means they're only available in one place: [[GoldenSaucer Genting Highlands]]. The police have power to and would typically raid arcades and revoke business licenses as well as confiscate all machines in the premise if so much as one gambling game is found in the premise (which is usually enforced through tip-offs). However, in reality, this has only resulted in arcades disguising their one armed bandits as legal video game machines. Yeah, you're right when you noticed that something's strange with the ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' machine in the back corner of an arcade. Although to be fair, they are still regularly found out and shut down from time to time. This only applies to machines that pay out cash. [[DoubleStandard Machines that pay out tokens and tickets tickets, as well as skill game machines like crane machines, are generally treated much more leniently]].
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* On \airings of WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends starting from the late 90s onwards, all US Acres segment are exorcised and ''replaced with a second story blatantly ripped from a past episode'', just because of what kind of animal the main character of the segment is. US Acres was left uncut in the early 90s airings of the show.
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* On \airings airings of WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends starting from the late 90s onwards, all US Acres segment segments are exorcised and ''replaced with a second story blatantly ripped from a past episode'', just because of what kind of animal the main character of the segment is. US Acres was left uncut in the early 90s airings of the show.
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* On \airings of WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends starting from the late 90s onwards, all US Acres segment are exorcised and ''replaced with a second story blatantly ripped from a past episode'', just because of what kind of animal the main character of the segment is. US Acres was left uncut in the early 90s airings of the show.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is a sorta weird case. Of the two providers that carries ComedyCentral, one (''Astro IPTV'' over Maxis Broadband) outright blocks South Park and replaces it with reruns of other shows. The other one (Telekom Malaysia's ''[=HyppTV=]'') simply lets it through albeit with cuts, and even makes a big deal of it on Twitter, proudly proclaiming that they're airing South Park. Adding to that is that [=DVDs=] of select episodes as well as the movie are available on sale at most video outlets. In fact, many [=HyppTV=] subscribers were expecting [=HyppTV=] to follow Astro's footsteps when they picked up Comedy Central (Astro got the channel first, about a year before [=HyppTV=]), only to be pleasantly surprised.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is a sorta weird case. Of the two providers that carries ComedyCentral, one (''Astro IPTV'' over Maxis Broadband) outright blocks South Park and replaces it with reruns of other shows. The other one (Telekom Malaysia's ''[=HyppTV=]'') simply lets it through albeit with cuts, and even makes a big deal of it on Twitter, proudly proclaiming that they're airing South Park.Park while their rivals aren't. Adding to that is that [=DVDs=] of select episodes as well as the movie are available on sale at most video outlets. In fact, many [=HyppTV=] subscribers were expecting [=HyppTV=] to follow Astro's footsteps when they picked up Comedy Central (Astro got the channel first, about a year before [=HyppTV=]), only to be pleasantly surprised.
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** It was recently found that rpc1.org is blocked on this ISP as well. Apparently said ISP thinks that removing RegionCoding from a DVD or Blu-Ray drive one owns is illegal. [[note]]It's illegal in the US due to the DMCA, but there is no law on circumventing region coding in Malaysia. Heck, one can even walk into any electronics store and ask for a region free DVD player (though one can't ask for a region free blu-ray player because they simply don't exist yet). Furthermore only this one ISP blocks the site, or IRC and SSH. [[/note]]
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** It was recently found that rpc1.org is blocked on this ISP as well. Apparently said ISP thinks that removing RegionCoding from a DVD or Blu-Ray drive one owns is illegal. [[note]]It's illegal in the US due to the DMCA, but there is no law on circumventing region coding in Malaysia. Heck, one can even walk into any electronics store and ask for a region free DVD player (though one can't ask for a region free blu-ray player because they simply don't exist yet). Furthermore only this one ISP blocks the site, or IRC and SSH. [[/note]][[/note]] The blockage was removed after considerable backlash from several users.
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Over the years, the National Front has become more and more conservative oriented, and as a result entries for this trope is increasing, to the annoyance of the younger, more liberal generation.
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* While ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' wasn't outright banned, it made headlines internationally that the title was hilariously censored to just ''Power Rangers'' and all occurrences of the word ''morphin'' bleeped and airbrushed out. The reason for this was that some [[MoralGuardians local Chinese soccer moms]] took offense to the title, claiming that the word ''morphin'' resembled ''morphine'' [[InsaneTrollLogic and would somehow drive their children to do drugs]] (the complaint was first published in a Chinese tabloid in the country). The government, being the overzealous conservative type, complied. This was later made moot anyway as Disney acquired the franchise and dropped the ''Mighty Morphin''' part from the franchise' spinoffs.
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* While ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' wasn't outright banned, banned (although there are episodes that are withheld from broadcast), it made headlines internationally that the title was hilariously censored to just ''Power Rangers'' and all occurrences of the word ''morphin'' bleeped and airbrushed out. The reason for this was that some [[MoralGuardians local Chinese soccer moms]] took offense to the title, claiming that the word ''morphin'' resembled ''morphine'' [[InsaneTrollLogic and would somehow drive their children to do drugs]] (the complaint was first published in a Chinese tabloid in the country). The government, being the overzealous conservative type, complied. This was later made moot anyway as Disney acquired the franchise and dropped the ''Mighty Morphin''' part from the franchise' spinoffs. Worth noting tho, that the 20th Anniversary recut has not aired on RTM, the usual outlet for Power Rangers, to this date.
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** Also in late 2014, the home minister announced that they wanted a firewall akin to that used in China and Saudi Arabia. Again, fans are enraged.
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** Also in late 2014, the home minister announced that they wanted a firewall akin to that used in China and Saudi Arabia. Again, fans Internet users are enraged.
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** In late 2014, ex-prime minister Dr. Mahathir wanted the government to ban Facebook, because he took offense to Facebook blocking him from posting a link to his website. Internet users in the country got so enraged that the government had to go on record saying that they wouldn't block Facebook.
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** In late 2014, ex-prime minister Dr. Mahathir wanted the government to ban Facebook, because he took offense to Facebook blocking him from posting a link to his website.website (which is hosted in the Cocos Island, which coincidently social sites like Google+, Twitter and Facebook has a blanket block on due to scammers also using said domain to host scam sites). Internet users in the country got so enraged that the government had to go on record saying that they wouldn't block Facebook.
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** In late 2014, ex-prime minister Dr. Mahathir wanted the government to ban Facebook. Internet users in the country got so enraged that the government had to go on record saying that they wouldn't.
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** In late 2014, ex-prime minister Dr. Mahathir wanted the government to ban Facebook. Facebook, because he took offense to Facebook blocking him from posting a link to his website. Internet users in the country got so enraged that the government had to go on record saying that they wouldn't.wouldn't block Facebook.
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are the gathering grounds of the gangster types, an encouragement for students to play truant and skip school, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and addictive]], along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "[[CallARabbitASmeerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are the gathering grounds of the gangster types, an encouragement for students to play truant and skip school, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and addictive]], along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "[[CallARabbitASmeerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country. This development also meant that an arcade can escape being shut down by adding one or two kiddie rides to it's premises and rebranding itself as an "amusement park", which led the MoralGuardians and law enforcers to throw their hands up into the air and give up.[[/note]]
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* Initially subverted with the unveiling of the MSC Bill of Guarantees and the Multimedia Act. However, the MCMC took back their words and ordered the blocking of 19 filesharing sites. A filter exists to block websites that "contains illegal contents according to Malaysian law" was later put up. According to TheOtherWiki, as of July 2014, an independent query to the MCMC revealed that over 6500 websites have been blocked. Most of the sites pertain to online gambling, pornography, LGBT culture, promotes religion other than Islam, or dissidents of the current rulling political party.
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* Initially subverted with the unveiling of the MSC Bill of Guarantees and the Multimedia Act. However, the MCMC took back their words and ordered the blocking of 19 filesharing sites. A filter exists to block websites that "contains illegal contents according to Malaysian law" was later put up. According to TheOtherWiki, as of July 2014, an independent query to the MCMC revealed that over 6500 websites have been blocked. Most of the sites pertain to online gambling, pornography, LGBT culture, promotes religion other than Islam, or dissidents of the current rulling ruling political party.party.
** In late 2014, ex-prime minister Dr. Mahathir wanted the government to ban Facebook. Internet users in the country got so enraged that the government had to go on record saying that they wouldn't.
** Also in late 2014, the home minister announced that they wanted a firewall akin to that used in China and Saudi Arabia. Again, fans are enraged.
** In late 2014, ex-prime minister Dr. Mahathir wanted the government to ban Facebook. Internet users in the country got so enraged that the government had to go on record saying that they wouldn't.
** Also in late 2014, the home minister announced that they wanted a firewall akin to that used in China and Saudi Arabia. Again, fans are enraged.
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are the gathering grounds of the gangster types, an encouragement for students to skip school, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and addictive]], along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "[[CallARabbitASmeerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are the gathering grounds of the gangster types, an encouragement for students to play truant and skip school, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and addictive]], along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "[[CallARabbitASmeerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "[[CallARabbitASmeerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and the gathering grounds of the gangster types, an encouragement for students to skip school, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and addictive]], along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "[[CallARabbitASmeerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Initially subverted with the unveiling of the MSC Bill of Guarantees and the Multimedia Act. However, the MCMC took back their words and ordered the blocking of 19 filesharing sites. A filter exists to block websites that "contains illegal contents according to Malaysian law" was later put up. If anything, the government appears to be keen on making high speed broadband as inaccessible to the public as possible- with extremely slow rollout, low speeds compared to other countries, and negligence on the backbone, resulting in congestion, in addition to the filters causing slowdowns due to packet inspection at the international gateways. According to TheOtherWiki, as of July 2014, an independent query to the MCMC revealed that over 6500 websites have been blocked.
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* Initially subverted with the unveiling of the MSC Bill of Guarantees and the Multimedia Act. However, the MCMC took back their words and ordered the blocking of 19 filesharing sites. A filter exists to block websites that "contains illegal contents according to Malaysian law" was later put up. If anything, the government appears to be keen on making high speed broadband as inaccessible to the public as possible- with extremely slow rollout, low speeds compared to other countries, and negligence on the backbone, resulting in congestion, in addition to the filters causing slowdowns due to packet inspection at the international gateways. According to TheOtherWiki, as of July 2014, an independent query to the MCMC revealed that over 6500 websites have been blocked. Most of the sites pertain to online gambling, pornography, LGBT culture, promotes religion other than Islam, or dissidents of the current rulling political party.
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "[[CallingARabbitASmerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "[[CallingARabbitASmerp "[[CallARabbitASmeerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "[[CallARabbitASmerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "[[CallARabbitASmerp "[[CallingARabbitASmerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" "[[CallARabbitASmerp amusement parks]]" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also almost always found in mall arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also often found in mall arcades.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well, the latter three are also often almost always found in mall arcades.arcades in the country.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well.well, the latter three are also often found in mall arcades.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, along with the whole "illegal gambling" issue thrown in, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation of what constitutes as an arcade into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.[[note]]The argument is that Arcades only have video game machines, while amusement parks also have kiddie rides, redemption machines, and the occasional fairground ride as well.[[/note]]
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, but that didn't last long. Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers who managed to twist the interpretation into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, but that didn't last long. Some lawyers also managed to twist the interpretation into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, but that didn't last long. Some Helping the arcade lovers are lawyers also who managed to twist the interpretation into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.
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* Speaking of arcades, video arcades ''as a whole'' was banned in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive, but it didn't last long.
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* Speaking of arcades, there was an attempt to ban video arcades ''as a whole'' was banned back in 2001 on the grounds that they are addictive, addictive and gathering grounds of the gangster types, but it that didn't last long.long. Some lawyers also managed to twist the interpretation into a legal pretzel, arguing that arcades in malls are "amusement parks" and should be exempted from the ban.
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* Apparently sarsaparilla flavored drinks are not allowed to be sold as root beer now. A&W has pretty much removed the "Root Beer" branding from their commercial packaging of the drink bottles ([[DoubleStandard although still selling it as Root Beer at their restaurants]]) and one other company, F&N, has renamed their Root Beer concentrate to ''Root B'' ([[FlatWhat what?]]). PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad? Very yes.
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* Apparently sarsaparilla flavored drinks that are produced locally are not allowed to be sold as root beer now. A&W has pretty much removed the "Root Beer" branding from their commercial packaging of the drink bottles ([[DoubleStandard although still selling it as Root Beer at their restaurants]]) and one other company, F&N, has renamed their Root Beer concentrate to ''Root B'' ([[FlatWhat what?]]). PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad? Very yes.yes.
** However, ''imported'' sarsaparilla drinks are still allowed to be labelled as root beer. This has resulted in some supermarkets sourcing their A&W root beer drinks from neighbor Singapore instead of locally (and selling them at an inflated price).
** However, ''imported'' sarsaparilla drinks are still allowed to be labelled as root beer. This has resulted in some supermarkets sourcing their A&W root beer drinks from neighbor Singapore instead of locally (and selling them at an inflated price).
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* The 2009 Indonesian film ''Macabre'' is banned in Malaysia for excessive violence.
* Any family film featuring pigs will raise an outcry and debates between Muslims (whose religion sees pigs as filthy scavengers, whether or not they're used as food) and Non-Muslims in Malaysia. In the past, this has caused temporary or partial bans (i.e. a film may be delayed for months, or will be forced to bypass theater release and go straight to VHS and later, DVD). Both movies in the ''Babe'' franchise got months-long bans while a debate was fought out (the first movie was delayed 9 months, the second got a shorter four months). ''Charlotte's Web'' nearly got the axe as well, but it was released on time.
* Most Christian movies featuring prophets in them were banned in the 1990s in order to placate the Muslim population (Muslims don't allow prophets to be visually depicted. It's about as blasphemous as having Mohammed himself visually depicted, which is why ''South Park'''s "Cartoon Wars" and "200/201" caused such an uproar in the mid-to-late 2000s). However, the ban was lifted since the release of ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'', though screening of these movies are limited to non-Muslims only (with ID checks performed at both the ticket counter and at the entry point of the hall).
** DarrenAronofsky's ''Film/{{Noah}}'' got banned considering that Noah is a prophet in Islamic teachings. Which is puzzling since as mentioned below, "Evan Almighty" was allowed through.
* The movie ''{{Zoolander}}'' was banned because one of the main plot points is the assassination of the country's fictional prime minister (which is ultimately what they were trying to ''prevent'') and its depiction of Malaysia in overall (impoverished, and whose economy is fueled by sweatshops). Also banned in Singapore, but was lifted 5 years later.
* Creator/StevenSpielberg famously refused to let Malaysia screen the edited version of his movie ''Film/SchindlersList'' since its Zionist theme is the main plot point. The movie was only released on DVD more than a decade later. ''Munich'' suffered the same fate.
* ''Film/{{Borat}}'', ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' and the last few ''{{Saw}}'' movies never saw the light of day in the country due to crude humor (''Borat''), strong homosexual themes (''Brokeback Mountain''), and gory violence (the ''Saw'' movies).
* ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' was nearly banned due to the movie's plot about a guy (JimCarrey) given God-like powers by an AlmightyJanitor (MorganFreeman). While most Muslim sectors considered this movie offensive, non-Muslims stated that the movie is not offensive to any religion whatsoever. The movie was finally screened unedited. ''Evan Almighty'', the spin-off featuring Steve Carrell's character from ''BruceAlmighty'' meeting the God-like janitor and becoming a modern-day Noah, suffered the same problem, although it too was eventually screened.
* ''SinCity'', due to brutal violence and explicit sexual content.
* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' was initially banned due to violence, but has been released on home video.
* The second ''Film/AustinPowers'' movie due to crude humor, though it was eventually allowed on satellite TV and later home video.
* The ''Film/AmericanPie'' trilogy (sexual content) - also finally to be released direct to DVD. The [[TrilogyCreep fourth movie of the trilogy]], ''American Reunion'', was initially banned from screening on pay TV (Notoriously, the Malaysian feed of the HBO premiere of the movie was forcibly removed and a different movie was screened in it's place.) but again it was eventually allowed a direct-to-DVD release.
* ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'' (also due to sexual content) - again, also finally cleared to be released on [=DVDs=].
* The Singaporean film ''Homerun'' was banned for political reasons (the film is a satire on Singaporean-Malaysian relations set in the year the two countries split up).
* The 2012 Indian comedy ''OMG, Oh My God!'' was banned for "sensitive religious content." The movie is about a shopkeep who sues God Himself (depicted as a human) after his store is destroyed in a tornado. Ironically, the episode ''Angels and Blimps'' from AllyMcBeal, which has a child who wants to sue god, was allowed through albeit with only minor cuts...
* ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' was initally banned due to its excessive profanity and violence, but was finally allowed a DVD release.
* ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' was banned on its initial release.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Foodstuff]]
* Currently there is an e-mail circulating around Malaysian mailboxes claiming that hot cross buns have been banned due to, of all things, the cross pattern on the bun. The e-mail claims that the ban was called by the same minister who called for the Erykah Badu ban.
* Red Bull was actually banned in the 90s due to worries over the high caffeine content. The ban was overturned once it was determined that the levels of caffeine had no ill effects on the drinker.
* Apparently sarsaparilla flavored drinks are not allowed to be sold as root beer now. A&W has pretty much removed the "Root Beer" branding from their commercial packaging of the drink bottles ([[DoubleStandard although still selling it as Root Beer at their restaurants]]) and one other company, F&N, has renamed their Root Beer concentrate to ''Root B'' ([[FlatWhat what?]]). PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad? Very yes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:{{Literature}}]]
* Nudity in non-sexual contexts in magazines like ''National Geographic'' are censored by scribbling out the offending body parts with black markers (not unlike what most prude librarians and [[MoralGuardian soccer moms]] do in America). For example, an issue about King David had a picture of Michaelangelo's famous statue edited to cover up his crotch. It should be noted that this only applies to materials that are printed locally however (National Geographic also prints a Malaysian edition of their magazine). Imported materials with nudity are usually either outright barred from entry, or allowed through untouched if it's justified to be "for research purposes".
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''JerrySpringer'' was pulled off the air after only one episode due to its depraved content.
* According to TheOtherWiki, ''The Queen Bee'' episode of AllyMcBeal has been banned.
* Also according to TheOtherWiki, the episodes ''But I'm a Cheerleader'' and ''The Videotape'' from ''Series/{{Friends}}'' are also banned, at least from broadcast.
* ''Gruff's Groove Box'' is a case of this crossed with NoExportForYou and ScrewedByTheNetwork. What happened was, the show was unfortunately launched just one day before the passing of the king (specifically, the ''Agong'', or ruling king of the country). A local law which state that upbeat music must be outlawed for a month was enforced and the show was forcibly replaced in the Malaysian feed of Nickelodeon with reruns of ''LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple''. Given how ''Gruff'' performed badly in other markets that it was cancelled after only a few episodes (to give an idea of how bad it is, the show was cancelled by Nickelodeon ''while the ban was still in effect'') and Nickelodeon now pretends that the show never existed, the show has absolutely no chance of being seen in Malaysia. It should be noted that ''Gruff'' wasn't the only casualty from the tempban- other Music Video channels also went black for a whole month, taking with them any one-time specials, short-lived shows, and music videos that only aired within that period.
* While ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' wasn't outright banned, it made headlines internationally that the title was hilariously censored to just ''Power Rangers'' and all occurrences of the word ''morphin'' bleeped and airbrushed out. The reason for this was that some [[MoralGuardians local Chinese soccer moms]] took offense to the title, claiming that the word ''morphin'' resembled ''morphine'' [[InsaneTrollLogic and would somehow drive their children to do drugs]] (the complaint was first published in a Chinese tabloid in the country). The government, being the overzealous conservative type, complied. This was later made moot anyway as Disney acquired the franchise and dropped the ''Mighty Morphin''' part from the franchise' spinoffs.
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[[folder:{{Music}}]]
* Music/{{Madonna}}, due to her long, risqué resume, is not allowed to perform in Malaysia.
* Music/LinkinPark was not allowed to wear short pants, spit, curse, throw things into the crowd, jump around, or "scream excessively" during their concert. Their live routine typically involves all of the above, except for wearing shorts.
* In his autobiography, Music/MeatLoaf lamented how hard it was to perform his "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" number in Muslim countries, since he was not allowed to touch any of his female back up singers on stage. Also, the female back up singers had to cover their shoulders and midriffs due to Islamic law over the female body being exposed.
* Why Music/ThePussycatDolls [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar managed to be allowed to perform in the country]] is a RiddleForTheAges. The organizers paid the fine and the Cats wore less sexy outfits when they returned to the country for the 2008 MTV Asia Awards.
** On the topic of skimpy outfits, Beyonce switched her concert venue from Kuala Lumpur to the Indonesian capital Jakarta because she would have faced censure for wearing something considered obscene by Islamic law. It should be noted that Indonesia has more Muslims than Malaysia, though Indonesia's entertainment is more secular and not as tightly bound by Muslim law as it is in Malaysia or even any Middle Eastern country (with the possible exception of Israel) you can name.
* Music/MichaelJackson's first concert in the country was cancelled and he was banned from performing live in Malaysia because of his infamous crotch-grab dance move. The concert was UnCancelled a few days later and the ban removed when Jackson promised not to do the crotch-grab for his Malaysian audience (even though this had an unfortunate side-effect of causing the venue of the concert to change).
* In 2009, the Malaysian government declared that Muslim citizens would be prohibited from attending the BlackEyedPeas' concert there on the grounds that it was being sponsored by Guinness, a beer company (alcohol of any kind is forbidden from the Muslim religion). The government later rescinded the ban and allowed Muslims to buy tickets.
* In 2012, Erykah Badu was banned from performing in Malaysia due to accidental publication of an image of her wearing, of all things, a temporary tattoo with the name of the Muslim god on it in a local newspaper. Yes, this is considered blasphemous to the Muslim religion, but the picture wasn't even meant for publication in Malaysia; the image was stolen off the Internet via a random Google images search. And it was a '''''temporary''''' tattoo which has since been removed[[note]]It was one of those rub-on tattoos that can be easily washed off with soap and water[[/note]]. Needless to say, her Malaysians fans aren't pleased with the ban.
* A classical number called ''Mamula Moon'' and [[ToTheTuneOf any other songs that share it's tune]], due to the tune being the tune of the national anthem of Malaysia. Because the national anthem was ascended from the anthem of the State of Perak, who copied it's tune from a popular tune of that period. And when pointed at the fact a century or two later, the government banned other songs that share the tune on the grounds that the country's anthem is much more important, [[EpicFail and that the other songs are disrespectful of the country]].
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[[folder:NewspaperComics]]
* ''USAcres'' comics are never available in print in newspapers in Malaysia unless it's a newspaper that is carrying Garfield and said strip was being used as a filler for some reason. And when they are, all depictions of Orson the pig (''the main character'') are edited out to comply with Muslim censorship rules.
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[[folder:VideoGames]]
* As Malaysia is officially recognized as a Islamic country (but in reality is a multicultural melting pot, much like America), slots and other forms of electronic gambling are only available to "licensed" premises. This typically means they're only available in one place: [[GoldenSaucer Genting Highlands]]. The police have power to and would typically raid arcades and revoke business licenses as well as confiscate all machines in the premise if so much as one gambling game is found in the premise (which is usually enforced through tip-offs). However, in reality, this has only resulted in arcades disguising their one armed bandits as legal video game machines. Yeah, you're right when you noticed that something's strange with the ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' machine in the back corner of an arcade. Although to be fair, they are still regularly found out and shut down from time to time. This only applies to machines that pay out cash. [[DoubleStandard Machines that pay out tokens and tickets are generally treated much more leniently]].
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[[folder:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is a sorta weird case. Of the two providers that carries ComedyCentral, one (''Astro IPTV'' over Maxis Broadband) outright blocks South Park and replaces it with reruns of other shows. The other one (Telekom Malaysia's ''[=HyppTV=]'') simply lets it through albeit with cuts, and even makes a big deal of it on Twitter, proudly proclaiming that they're airing South Park. Adding to that is that [=DVDs=] of select episodes as well as the movie are available on sale at most video outlets. In fact, many [=HyppTV=] subscribers were expecting [=HyppTV=] to follow Astro's footsteps when they picked up Comedy Central (Astro got the channel first, about a year before [=HyppTV=]), only to be pleasantly surprised.
* TheOtherWiki states that ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' was at one point (temporarily) banned in the country due to complaints from Muslim viewers over the content of some of the episodes. Apparently the ban has been lifted, but since then epsiodes are heavily cut, the show is only available over pay satellite TV, and the former terrestrial channel that carried the show, [=8TV=], now refuses to carry it.
* For some reason, the Creator/{{BBC}} refuses to screen ''WesternAnimation/HuxleyPig'' and ''Wibbly Pig'' on its Malaysian feed of [=CBeebies=]. The reason for this is unknown since they do screen ''Big Barn Farm'' and ''Tilly and Friends'' (both which contain pigs as supporting characters) uncut in the country.
* Nick Jr Asia refuses to screen PeppaPig and Toot And Puddle (and its spinoff, Olivia) on the Malaysian feed of the channel for reasons unknown, other than the whole "Pigs are not for Muslims" thing.
* Several {{WesternAnimation/Arthur}} fans suspect that said show has been quietly banned due to either Marc Brown being revealed to have converted to Judaism[[note]]The Malaysian government is pro-Palestine and strongly backs Palestine's claim on the Gaza Strip, and has a strong anti-Judaism bias[[/note]] or the controversial ''Postcards From Buster'' episode where Buster meets a girl with lesbian parents. Backing this claim is that Arthur books have vanished from shelves in almost all bookstores in the country where they were once plentiful. There is no official word on the matter, but it does all seem suspicious.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Original]]
* Initially subverted with the unveiling of the MSC Bill of Guarantees and the Multimedia Act. However, the MCMC took back their words and ordered the blocking of 19 filesharing sites. A filter exists to block websites that "contains illegal contents according to Malaysian law" was later put up. If anything, the government appears to be keen on making high speed broadband as inaccessible to the public as possible- with extremely slow rollout, low speeds compared to other countries, and negligence on the backbone, resulting in congestion, in addition to the filters causing slowdowns due to packet inspection at the international gateways. According to TheOtherWiki, as of July 2014, an independent query to the MCMC revealed that over 6500 websites have been blocked.
* Access to in-the-clear mailservers ([=POP3=], IMAP or SMTP servers that aren't protected by SSL or TLS) have been blocked by all [=ISPs=] - the government claims that this is to stop spammers and scammers.
* IRC port ranges 6667 to 6670 has been blocked by at least one high-speed ISP. The reason given was that it was "vulnerable and will jeopardize TM Network and TM Services if it let be open" ([[YouMakeMeSic *sic*]]), which is an extreme lie.
** SSH port 22 is also allegedly blocked by said ISP for the same reason.
** It was recently found that rpc1.org is blocked on this ISP as well. Apparently said ISP thinks that removing RegionCoding from a DVD or Blu-Ray drive one owns is illegal. [[note]]It's illegal in the US due to the DMCA, but there is no law on circumventing region coding in Malaysia. Heck, one can even walk into any electronics store and ask for a region free DVD player (though one can't ask for a region free blu-ray player because they simply don't exist yet). Furthermore only this one ISP blocks the site, or IRC and SSH. [[/note]]
* VPN has been blocked by two [=ISPs=] in the country: mobile ISP YTL E-Services, and cable Internet ISP ABN. No reason were given.
** YTL E-Services has also blocked the website of [[TheKiddieRide kiddie ride]] manufacturer Memopark Italia. Why they did so is a mystery as there is nothing offensive on said manufacturer's website, and they're the only ISP to be blocking said site.
* [=P2P=] clients like [=BitTorrent=] tends to fail to connect to peers from outside the country on many [=ISPs=]. This make it a hassle for those who has valid uses for [=P2P=], e.g. VideoGame/{{StarCraft II}}'s updater.
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* The 2009 Indonesian film ''Macabre'' is banned in Malaysia for excessive violence.
* Any family film featuring pigs will raise an outcry and debates between Muslims (whose religion sees pigs as filthy scavengers, whether or not they're used as food) and Non-Muslims in Malaysia. In the past, this has caused temporary or partial bans (i.e. a film may be delayed for months, or will be forced to bypass theater release and go straight to VHS and later, DVD). Both movies in the ''Babe'' franchise got months-long bans while a debate was fought out (the first movie was delayed 9 months, the second got a shorter four months). ''Charlotte's Web'' nearly got the axe as well, but it was released on time.
* Most Christian movies featuring prophets in them were banned in the 1990s in order to placate the Muslim population (Muslims don't allow prophets to be visually depicted. It's about as blasphemous as having Mohammed himself visually depicted, which is why ''South Park'''s "Cartoon Wars" and "200/201" caused such an uproar in the mid-to-late 2000s). However, the ban was lifted since the release of ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'', though screening of these movies are limited to non-Muslims only (with ID checks performed at both the ticket counter and at the entry point of the hall).
** DarrenAronofsky's ''Film/{{Noah}}'' got banned considering that Noah is a prophet in Islamic teachings. Which is puzzling since as mentioned below, "Evan Almighty" was allowed through.
* The movie ''{{Zoolander}}'' was banned because one of the main plot points is the assassination of the country's fictional prime minister (which is ultimately what they were trying to ''prevent'') and its depiction of Malaysia in overall (impoverished, and whose economy is fueled by sweatshops). Also banned in Singapore, but was lifted 5 years later.
* Creator/StevenSpielberg famously refused to let Malaysia screen the edited version of his movie ''Film/SchindlersList'' since its Zionist theme is the main plot point. The movie was only released on DVD more than a decade later. ''Munich'' suffered the same fate.
* ''Film/{{Borat}}'', ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' and the last few ''{{Saw}}'' movies never saw the light of day in the country due to crude humor (''Borat''), strong homosexual themes (''Brokeback Mountain''), and gory violence (the ''Saw'' movies).
* ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' was nearly banned due to the movie's plot about a guy (JimCarrey) given God-like powers by an AlmightyJanitor (MorganFreeman). While most Muslim sectors considered this movie offensive, non-Muslims stated that the movie is not offensive to any religion whatsoever. The movie was finally screened unedited. ''Evan Almighty'', the spin-off featuring Steve Carrell's character from ''BruceAlmighty'' meeting the God-like janitor and becoming a modern-day Noah, suffered the same problem, although it too was eventually screened.
* ''SinCity'', due to brutal violence and explicit sexual content.
* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' was initially banned due to violence, but has been released on home video.
* The second ''Film/AustinPowers'' movie due to crude humor, though it was eventually allowed on satellite TV and later home video.
* The ''Film/AmericanPie'' trilogy (sexual content) - also finally to be released direct to DVD. The [[TrilogyCreep fourth movie of the trilogy]], ''American Reunion'', was initially banned from screening on pay TV (Notoriously, the Malaysian feed of the HBO premiere of the movie was forcibly removed and a different movie was screened in it's place.) but again it was eventually allowed a direct-to-DVD release.
* ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'' (also due to sexual content) - again, also finally cleared to be released on [=DVDs=].
* The Singaporean film ''Homerun'' was banned for political reasons (the film is a satire on Singaporean-Malaysian relations set in the year the two countries split up).
* The 2012 Indian comedy ''OMG, Oh My God!'' was banned for "sensitive religious content." The movie is about a shopkeep who sues God Himself (depicted as a human) after his store is destroyed in a tornado. Ironically, the episode ''Angels and Blimps'' from AllyMcBeal, which has a child who wants to sue god, was allowed through albeit with only minor cuts...
* ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' was initally banned due to its excessive profanity and violence, but was finally allowed a DVD release.
* ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' was banned on its initial release.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Foodstuff]]
* Currently there is an e-mail circulating around Malaysian mailboxes claiming that hot cross buns have been banned due to, of all things, the cross pattern on the bun. The e-mail claims that the ban was called by the same minister who called for the Erykah Badu ban.
* Red Bull was actually banned in the 90s due to worries over the high caffeine content. The ban was overturned once it was determined that the levels of caffeine had no ill effects on the drinker.
* Apparently sarsaparilla flavored drinks are not allowed to be sold as root beer now. A&W has pretty much removed the "Root Beer" branding from their commercial packaging of the drink bottles ([[DoubleStandard although still selling it as Root Beer at their restaurants]]) and one other company, F&N, has renamed their Root Beer concentrate to ''Root B'' ([[FlatWhat what?]]). PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad? Very yes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:{{Literature}}]]
* Nudity in non-sexual contexts in magazines like ''National Geographic'' are censored by scribbling out the offending body parts with black markers (not unlike what most prude librarians and [[MoralGuardian soccer moms]] do in America). For example, an issue about King David had a picture of Michaelangelo's famous statue edited to cover up his crotch. It should be noted that this only applies to materials that are printed locally however (National Geographic also prints a Malaysian edition of their magazine). Imported materials with nudity are usually either outright barred from entry, or allowed through untouched if it's justified to be "for research purposes".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''JerrySpringer'' was pulled off the air after only one episode due to its depraved content.
* According to TheOtherWiki, ''The Queen Bee'' episode of AllyMcBeal has been banned.
* Also according to TheOtherWiki, the episodes ''But I'm a Cheerleader'' and ''The Videotape'' from ''Series/{{Friends}}'' are also banned, at least from broadcast.
* ''Gruff's Groove Box'' is a case of this crossed with NoExportForYou and ScrewedByTheNetwork. What happened was, the show was unfortunately launched just one day before the passing of the king (specifically, the ''Agong'', or ruling king of the country). A local law which state that upbeat music must be outlawed for a month was enforced and the show was forcibly replaced in the Malaysian feed of Nickelodeon with reruns of ''LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple''. Given how ''Gruff'' performed badly in other markets that it was cancelled after only a few episodes (to give an idea of how bad it is, the show was cancelled by Nickelodeon ''while the ban was still in effect'') and Nickelodeon now pretends that the show never existed, the show has absolutely no chance of being seen in Malaysia. It should be noted that ''Gruff'' wasn't the only casualty from the tempban- other Music Video channels also went black for a whole month, taking with them any one-time specials, short-lived shows, and music videos that only aired within that period.
* While ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' wasn't outright banned, it made headlines internationally that the title was hilariously censored to just ''Power Rangers'' and all occurrences of the word ''morphin'' bleeped and airbrushed out. The reason for this was that some [[MoralGuardians local Chinese soccer moms]] took offense to the title, claiming that the word ''morphin'' resembled ''morphine'' [[InsaneTrollLogic and would somehow drive their children to do drugs]] (the complaint was first published in a Chinese tabloid in the country). The government, being the overzealous conservative type, complied. This was later made moot anyway as Disney acquired the franchise and dropped the ''Mighty Morphin''' part from the franchise' spinoffs.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:{{Music}}]]
* Music/{{Madonna}}, due to her long, risqué resume, is not allowed to perform in Malaysia.
* Music/LinkinPark was not allowed to wear short pants, spit, curse, throw things into the crowd, jump around, or "scream excessively" during their concert. Their live routine typically involves all of the above, except for wearing shorts.
* In his autobiography, Music/MeatLoaf lamented how hard it was to perform his "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" number in Muslim countries, since he was not allowed to touch any of his female back up singers on stage. Also, the female back up singers had to cover their shoulders and midriffs due to Islamic law over the female body being exposed.
* Why Music/ThePussycatDolls [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar managed to be allowed to perform in the country]] is a RiddleForTheAges. The organizers paid the fine and the Cats wore less sexy outfits when they returned to the country for the 2008 MTV Asia Awards.
** On the topic of skimpy outfits, Beyonce switched her concert venue from Kuala Lumpur to the Indonesian capital Jakarta because she would have faced censure for wearing something considered obscene by Islamic law. It should be noted that Indonesia has more Muslims than Malaysia, though Indonesia's entertainment is more secular and not as tightly bound by Muslim law as it is in Malaysia or even any Middle Eastern country (with the possible exception of Israel) you can name.
* Music/MichaelJackson's first concert in the country was cancelled and he was banned from performing live in Malaysia because of his infamous crotch-grab dance move. The concert was UnCancelled a few days later and the ban removed when Jackson promised not to do the crotch-grab for his Malaysian audience (even though this had an unfortunate side-effect of causing the venue of the concert to change).
* In 2009, the Malaysian government declared that Muslim citizens would be prohibited from attending the BlackEyedPeas' concert there on the grounds that it was being sponsored by Guinness, a beer company (alcohol of any kind is forbidden from the Muslim religion). The government later rescinded the ban and allowed Muslims to buy tickets.
* In 2012, Erykah Badu was banned from performing in Malaysia due to accidental publication of an image of her wearing, of all things, a temporary tattoo with the name of the Muslim god on it in a local newspaper. Yes, this is considered blasphemous to the Muslim religion, but the picture wasn't even meant for publication in Malaysia; the image was stolen off the Internet via a random Google images search. And it was a '''''temporary''''' tattoo which has since been removed[[note]]It was one of those rub-on tattoos that can be easily washed off with soap and water[[/note]]. Needless to say, her Malaysians fans aren't pleased with the ban.
* A classical number called ''Mamula Moon'' and [[ToTheTuneOf any other songs that share it's tune]], due to the tune being the tune of the national anthem of Malaysia. Because the national anthem was ascended from the anthem of the State of Perak, who copied it's tune from a popular tune of that period. And when pointed at the fact a century or two later, the government banned other songs that share the tune on the grounds that the country's anthem is much more important, [[EpicFail and that the other songs are disrespectful of the country]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:NewspaperComics]]
* ''USAcres'' comics are never available in print in newspapers in Malaysia unless it's a newspaper that is carrying Garfield and said strip was being used as a filler for some reason. And when they are, all depictions of Orson the pig (''the main character'') are edited out to comply with Muslim censorship rules.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:VideoGames]]
* As Malaysia is officially recognized as a Islamic country (but in reality is a multicultural melting pot, much like America), slots and other forms of electronic gambling are only available to "licensed" premises. This typically means they're only available in one place: [[GoldenSaucer Genting Highlands]]. The police have power to and would typically raid arcades and revoke business licenses as well as confiscate all machines in the premise if so much as one gambling game is found in the premise (which is usually enforced through tip-offs). However, in reality, this has only resulted in arcades disguising their one armed bandits as legal video game machines. Yeah, you're right when you noticed that something's strange with the ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' machine in the back corner of an arcade. Although to be fair, they are still regularly found out and shut down from time to time. This only applies to machines that pay out cash. [[DoubleStandard Machines that pay out tokens and tickets are generally treated much more leniently]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is a sorta weird case. Of the two providers that carries ComedyCentral, one (''Astro IPTV'' over Maxis Broadband) outright blocks South Park and replaces it with reruns of other shows. The other one (Telekom Malaysia's ''[=HyppTV=]'') simply lets it through albeit with cuts, and even makes a big deal of it on Twitter, proudly proclaiming that they're airing South Park. Adding to that is that [=DVDs=] of select episodes as well as the movie are available on sale at most video outlets. In fact, many [=HyppTV=] subscribers were expecting [=HyppTV=] to follow Astro's footsteps when they picked up Comedy Central (Astro got the channel first, about a year before [=HyppTV=]), only to be pleasantly surprised.
* TheOtherWiki states that ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' was at one point (temporarily) banned in the country due to complaints from Muslim viewers over the content of some of the episodes. Apparently the ban has been lifted, but since then epsiodes are heavily cut, the show is only available over pay satellite TV, and the former terrestrial channel that carried the show, [=8TV=], now refuses to carry it.
* For some reason, the Creator/{{BBC}} refuses to screen ''WesternAnimation/HuxleyPig'' and ''Wibbly Pig'' on its Malaysian feed of [=CBeebies=]. The reason for this is unknown since they do screen ''Big Barn Farm'' and ''Tilly and Friends'' (both which contain pigs as supporting characters) uncut in the country.
* Nick Jr Asia refuses to screen PeppaPig and Toot And Puddle (and its spinoff, Olivia) on the Malaysian feed of the channel for reasons unknown, other than the whole "Pigs are not for Muslims" thing.
* Several {{WesternAnimation/Arthur}} fans suspect that said show has been quietly banned due to either Marc Brown being revealed to have converted to Judaism[[note]]The Malaysian government is pro-Palestine and strongly backs Palestine's claim on the Gaza Strip, and has a strong anti-Judaism bias[[/note]] or the controversial ''Postcards From Buster'' episode where Buster meets a girl with lesbian parents. Backing this claim is that Arthur books have vanished from shelves in almost all bookstores in the country where they were once plentiful. There is no official word on the matter, but it does all seem suspicious.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Original]]
* Initially subverted with the unveiling of the MSC Bill of Guarantees and the Multimedia Act. However, the MCMC took back their words and ordered the blocking of 19 filesharing sites. A filter exists to block websites that "contains illegal contents according to Malaysian law" was later put up. If anything, the government appears to be keen on making high speed broadband as inaccessible to the public as possible- with extremely slow rollout, low speeds compared to other countries, and negligence on the backbone, resulting in congestion, in addition to the filters causing slowdowns due to packet inspection at the international gateways. According to TheOtherWiki, as of July 2014, an independent query to the MCMC revealed that over 6500 websites have been blocked.
* Access to in-the-clear mailservers ([=POP3=], IMAP or SMTP servers that aren't protected by SSL or TLS) have been blocked by all [=ISPs=] - the government claims that this is to stop spammers and scammers.
* IRC port ranges 6667 to 6670 has been blocked by at least one high-speed ISP. The reason given was that it was "vulnerable and will jeopardize TM Network and TM Services if it let be open" ([[YouMakeMeSic *sic*]]), which is an extreme lie.
** SSH port 22 is also allegedly blocked by said ISP for the same reason.
** It was recently found that rpc1.org is blocked on this ISP as well. Apparently said ISP thinks that removing RegionCoding from a DVD or Blu-Ray drive one owns is illegal. [[note]]It's illegal in the US due to the DMCA, but there is no law on circumventing region coding in Malaysia. Heck, one can even walk into any electronics store and ask for a region free DVD player (though one can't ask for a region free blu-ray player because they simply don't exist yet). Furthermore only this one ISP blocks the site, or IRC and SSH. [[/note]]
* VPN has been blocked by two [=ISPs=] in the country: mobile ISP YTL E-Services, and cable Internet ISP ABN. No reason were given.
** YTL E-Services has also blocked the website of [[TheKiddieRide kiddie ride]] manufacturer Memopark Italia. Why they did so is a mystery as there is nothing offensive on said manufacturer's website, and they're the only ISP to be blocking said site.
* [=P2P=] clients like [=BitTorrent=] tends to fail to connect to peers from outside the country on many [=ISPs=]. This make it a hassle for those who has valid uses for [=P2P=], e.g. VideoGame/{{StarCraft II}}'s updater.
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