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P4:Lewd posting by
bloggersBy:
Muhammad Hadi | Lydia Razali |
Siti Salmah | Siti Aishah Yunos |Siti Aishah Abdul Hamid | Goh
Lydia Farah
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Presenting
Blogging Personified
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Timeline of Blogs
1994 blogging started off
1998 becomes one of the first
online tools 2000 big names bloggers emerge,
Andrew Sullivan & Glenn Reynolds
2008 bloggers practice freedom ofspeech
2009 Singaporean bloggers are
becoming more daring and liberaltoda
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Main Arising Issues onBlogging
SeditionDefamation
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Blogging in Singapore
Going towards the
light touch
approach
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Profile of light touch
Definition: Vague, Unspecified
Initiated since: 1996
Purpose: Help to foster the growth ofthe Internet and allow us to tap itsvast potential while enabling us toprotect our society from undesirableimpact (Mr Lee Boon Yang, MICA)
Actualized: Eg. in 2006 generalelections
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Views on ambiguity of lighttouch
Issue of out-of-bound markers "Only when you hit the mines (do) you
know where they are," says Colin Goh of
talkingcock.com, grousing about whathe says are vague and unclear rules forblogging in the city state. "But nobody isgoing to tell you where they are.
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"We will consider how to better embrace thesechanges so that by the next GE, we may be able toadopt a lighter touch approach during the electionperiod." said Dr Lee Boon Yang
are people's participation only relevant duringelection periods?
Lifting the ban on political parties use of videos andaudio casts on their own websites during electionsas a first step
(NTU School of Communication and Information Dean
Ang Peng Hwa)
Views on ambiguity of lighttouch
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Conclusion
Make the Light touch approach either a BLACK or aWHITE
While welcoming the lighter touch, it would be
even better for the government to get rid of thearsenal of legal big sticks it has acquired in the
last decade and adopt a NO TOUCHAPPROACH
WE MUST TRUST PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DECIDEWHAT IS TRUEAND WHAT IS NOT.
(Mr Tan Tarn How, IPS Senior Researcher)
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soft authoritarianism Its all sweet-talkNo, it's not about
participation, rights, democracy,
freedom of expression or other seditiousstuff. It's always about how a particulargroup of people could continue to stayin power. said MollyMeek
Views on ambiguity of lighttouch
F h Li h
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Future changes: Light tolighter?
What difference does it makes? "To keep up with the fast-evolvingnew media landscape, we have been
reviewing our light-touchapproach and are considering how
we could take a lighter touchapproach. We have appointed theAdvisory Council on the Impact ofNew Media on Society (AIMS) in Aprillast year to study the new media and
how best to refine our regulatory
F h Li h
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Future changes: Light tolighter?
What difference does it makes? Obviously new media regulations willtake place to keep pace with anytechnological advancement.
However, history has shown suchregulations later tend be watereddown and then disappear eventuallyas people learn to live with thechanging effects of any technologicaladvancement over time.
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In a nut shell
Light touch approach is too vague
Bloggers themselves are not awareof it until they step on the mines
Unless the government makesclearer guidelines for this approach,netizens will still live in doubt and
fear OR with a clearer guideline on this
approach, it makes citizens moredaring in testing the limits