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Reading the article slowly, it's a lot less than it is suggested. To qualify one must be covering Singapore news and have 50000 unique visitors from Singapore
by einhverfr 13y ago
Reading the article slowly, it's a lot less than it is suggested. To qualify one must be covering Singapore news and have 50000 unique visitors from Singapore per month.
I think it is a pretty catastrophic law, but it is not the same as saying all blogs must be licensed.
- ValentineC 13y agoThe definition of news according to this regulation is "any news, intelligence, report or occurrence or any matter of public interest about any social, economic, political, cultural, artistic, sporting scientific or any other aspect of Singapore in any language". That covers a lot of ground. 50,000 unique IP addresses (not visitors, as in the article) isn't too hard to hit either. Here's the original press release by the regulatory authority: http://www.mda.gov.sg/NewsAndEvents/PressRelease/2013/Pages/28052013.aspx http://www.mda.gov.sg/NewsAndEvents/PressRelease/2013/Pages/...
- einhverfr 13y agoMy reading is that they would have to be 50000 unique Singaporian IP addresses and that weekly coverage of Singaporian news was required as well.
- justincormack 13y agoIts basically any site they decide they want covered. Current list is 1. asiaone.com 2. businesstimes.com.sg 3. channelnewsasia.com 4. omy.sg 5. sg.news.yahoo.com 6. stomp.com.sg 7. straitstimes.com 8. tnp.sg 9. todayonline.com 10. zaobao.com But they can add anyone at any time.