Yahoo! News Singapore, 31 May 2013
Prominent Singapore activists and bloggers behind some popular independent websites on Thursday called on the government to withdraw a new licensing scheme to regulate major online news sites.
In a statement issued Thursday, more than 20 individuals, most of whom write for socio-political sites such as The Online Citizen (TOC), TR Emeritus (TRE) and publichouse.sg, expressed their concerns about the impact of the newly-introduced requirement on Singaporeans’ ability to receive “diverse news information”.
In their statement, the activists and bloggers – including Howard Lee, Alex Au and Lynn Lee – said they believe that the introduction of the licensing regime had not gone through the proper and necessary consultation, and had been introduced without clear guidance. Full story
