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original article headline @eff: Singaporean Websites Must Pay To Mention Singapore... And Not Mention Gay People At All OK I was totally confused by the HN he
by hkmurakami 13y ago
original article headline @eff:
Singaporean Websites Must Pay To Mention Singapore... And Not Mention Gay People At All
OK I was totally confused by the HN headline, which makes it seem like you have to pay if you mention Singapore AND fail to mention gay people at all, as if the govt is saying "hey if you Manton us, you mention gay people too. otherwise you gotta pay."
of course, I go to the article and see that whoever submitted the article totally broke the grammar of the original headline, most lily to save space.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoI read a real article about this. Basically, any news agency that discusses Singapore more than N times a month must indemnify with a $50K SGD bond and follow the laws of the country in all of the content they report. So even CNN, if they report Singapore stories, will be subject to this, though I doubt they will try to enforce this on international news agencies.
- tellarin 13y agoActually, when I submitted the article I changed the title to "Singapore Institutes New Rules to Control Media/Websites", as the original title was also not that good. HN moderators came up with the current butchered title.