As part of its efforts to promote Malaysia as a regional hub of information technology, the government had an informal policy of not censoring the Internet (George 2006; Tan and Zawawi 2008). Thus, Malaysia does not completely control all forms of media. Independent news sites such as Malaysiakini and individual bloggers such as Raja Petra Kamarudin were able to voice anti-government opinions, and a greater diversity of political opinion was made public. It could have been this increased freedom of speech that led to increased participation in and support for opposition politics.