
Reading “the right thing” under wrong circumstances
And so, as many of us had probably already expected, the MDA’s plan to “regulate” online news sites has come to pass. Today is the day, and it appears there’s not much we can do about it. For all the talk of a “light touch”, as well as all the fuss over the much-hyped National Conversation, the nasty surprise sure...

MDA licensing inspires active citizenry… in protest against it
“When you surround the enemy Always allow them an escape route. They must see that there is An alternative to death.” —Sun Tzu, The Art of War Maybe a few years from now the MDA licensing thing will be remembered as the issue that got bloggers and alt-news agencies coming together against a common threat to have a national...

Dr Yaacob’s incorrect & embarrassing New Zealand comparison
This morning, my eyes nearly popped out of my skull when I read in the ST that Minister for Communications and Information (MCI) had compared the MDA Licensing Regime to recommendations made by a New Zealand (NZ) Law Commission Report on new media. This is an embarrassing example for Dr Yaacob Ibrahim to use, and shows how desperate...
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