Friday, April 14, 2006
Virtual censorship
Q: What do chewing gum, podcasts, and blogging have in common?
A: They’re all banned in Singapore.
In the case of podcasts and blogging, only during election time and only in connection with “political content.” They can call it “regulation” all they want, it's still censorship. And political censorship? That’s the worst there is—or for me, at least. This GlobalVoices post by Connie Veneracion talks about the ban a bit more level-headedly...
A: They’re all banned in Singapore.
In the case of podcasts and blogging, only during election time and only in connection with “political content.” They can call it “regulation” all they want, it's still censorship. And political censorship? That’s the worst there is—or for me, at least. This GlobalVoices post by Connie Veneracion talks about the ban a bit more level-headedly...
// posted by carrie @ 11:46 PM 
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What astounds me is not that they're "regulating" podcasts and blogs (somehow, I kind of expected it from Singapore) but that they have the manpower and technology to actually "regulate." But what am I saying?! This is Singapore nga pala!
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