MDA’s new ruling to gag Singaporeans?
Media Development Authority (MDA) has released a statement today (28 May), stating that from 1 June 2013, all online news sites that report regularly on issues relating to Singapore and have significant reach among readers here will require an individual licence from the MDA. Its reason was that this will “place them on a...
Is this a prelude to a more sinister move to clamp down on dissent?
Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim (Photo CNA) Since the loss of Aljunied GRC in GE2011 and the subsequent by-elections in Hougang SMC and Punggol East SMC, there has been panicky reaction among the discredited PAP leadership to the role of the social media in contributing to their election fiasco. Especially...
My encounter with the former CEO of MDA
Mr Aubeck Kam Not sure if people outside of the industry know, but the former CEO of MDA, Aubeck Kam, is now the Permanent Secretary for the re-organised Ministry of Communications and Information. My previous interaction with him was while he was at MDA, when I asked in a public forum about support for online publications...
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