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01-08-2013, 06:20 PM
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The Independent also came under public spotlight for allegedly seeking foreign funding and hence running counter to the rules as laid out in the Broadcasting Act. The Independent has since clarified otherwise, but was nevertheless required to register under the class licensing scheme.
Kumaran Pillai, former chief editor of TOC and current chief editor of The Independent, said, “The plan to setup The Independent was in the works even before MDA made the announcement about the new internet regulations. The government has also said that it doesn’t want to control discussions on the Internet and we take their word for it.”
Roy Ngerng, writer at The Heart Truths and founder of WCS, also told TOC that the new regulations did not factor into their considerations, though he objected to the regulations itself. “The presence of these regulations can be stifling, as there are no clear demarcations on what the regulations want to delineate,” Roy wrote in an email reply to TOC.
- http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2013...-of-singapore/ (http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2013/08/feature-new-blogs-on-the-block-the-independent-and-we-the-citizens-of-singapore/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?158596-New-blogs-on-the-block-–-The-Independent-and-We-the-Citizens-of-Singapore&goto=newpost).
The Independent also came under public spotlight for allegedly seeking foreign funding and hence running counter to the rules as laid out in the Broadcasting Act. The Independent has since clarified otherwise, but was nevertheless required to register under the class licensing scheme.
Kumaran Pillai, former chief editor of TOC and current chief editor of The Independent, said, “The plan to setup The Independent was in the works even before MDA made the announcement about the new internet regulations. The government has also said that it doesn’t want to control discussions on the Internet and we take their word for it.”
Roy Ngerng, writer at The Heart Truths and founder of WCS, also told TOC that the new regulations did not factor into their considerations, though he objected to the regulations itself. “The presence of these regulations can be stifling, as there are no clear demarcations on what the regulations want to delineate,” Roy wrote in an email reply to TOC.
- http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2013...-of-singapore/ (http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2013/08/feature-new-blogs-on-the-block-the-independent-and-we-the-citizens-of-singapore/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?158596-New-blogs-on-the-block-–-The-Independent-and-We-the-Citizens-of-Singapore&goto=newpost).