Malaysia Star, 1 Jun 2013
In a historic move, the Singapore government is moving into the Internet to regulate news reporting by requiring – for a start – the 10 biggest news-sites to be licensed.
From today, these websites must renew their registration every year if they want to continue to report on Singapore news and current affairs.
Some observers believe that the principal target is the rising number of Singaporeans who post comments attached to, rather than, the news reports themselves.
These public reactions and discussions are overwhelmingly anti-government.
Many Internet users have accused the government of trying to dampen free discussions.
A journalism student remarked: “Now people are saying half-jokingly that father started to control the print media, now son wants to do the same the with Internet news media.” Full story
