May 02, 2006
Singapore's Gov Gags Online Politics
Podcasts, blogs and other Web sites that could be otherwise used for political discussion for the upcoming parliamentary elections have been outlawed.
Podcasts, blogs and other Web sites that could be otherwise used for political discussion for the upcoming parliamentary elections have been outlawed, preventing the opposition party, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), from having any contact with the nation’s general public. Attempts made by the SDP to engage voters online have been suppressed by the People’s Action Party, which has governed since 1959.
The law has been widely viewed as a grave restriction of free speech that prevents the establishment of a true democratic election process. ’s mainstream media has been “unfailing in their support” for its present administration, making it impossible for the SDP to spread its message to voters without the aid of the Internet.
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