Sunday, April 23, 2006
Singapore Elections to be blog and podcast-free
Singapore's government has announced that podcasts and blogs of a political nature will not be allowed during election periods, and that political blogs should be registered with the Media Development Authority (MDA).
According to Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr. Balaji Sadasivan, "In a free-for-all Internet environment, where there are no rules, political debates could easily degenerate into an unhealthy, unreliable and dangerous discourse flush with rumours and distortions to mislead and confuse the public."
I think we all know what that can be like.
Maybe this is how the People's Action Party plans to win 83 of 84 seats.
According to Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr. Balaji Sadasivan, "In a free-for-all Internet environment, where there are no rules, political debates could easily degenerate into an unhealthy, unreliable and dangerous discourse flush with rumours and distortions to mislead and confuse the public."
I think we all know what that can be like.
Maybe this is how the People's Action Party plans to win 83 of 84 seats.
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