PUTRAJAYA, April 25 -- The government has no plan to ban broadcast artists who face or cause controversies through their personal lives, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

He also said such measures were increasingly ineffective in the modern era.

"I've spoken to the director-general of broadcast (Datuk Suhaidi Sulaiman), the reality now is different from the 80's when there were only a few channels; if it was shut down just like that, they have no more access to these channels.

"Today it's way different, artists have their own (social media) account whereby they can create their own content, and there are so many other channels, we cannot blanket ban because it involves private (entities) and other things," Fahmi said when met...