How do we give Political Freedom on the Internet (ZaoBao, 21st Sept 2008)
As seen on Pg 12. Can someone help translate... a gist of it will do. Thanks!
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skinnylatte
says:
HOW SHOULD WE EXPAND POLITICAL SPACE ON THE WEB? PUBLIC OPINION SPLIT
According to the preliminary feedback received by the Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS), the people of Singapore is largely able to accept the report issued by AIMS last month, but on the question of how to absolutely open up space for political debate on the web, opinions are split.
The Institute of Policy Studies and National University of Singapore's Law faculty held the first public forum on this topic, inviting the public to raise their thoughts and opinions on the report. However, attendance was low, with approximately just ten bloggers in attendance and less than five non-bloggers . Although the number of attendees was not high, those present engaged the Council in more than two hours of straight talk.
The Institute of Policy Studies' senior research fellow Tan Tarn How described the report to be advancing progressive ideas, saying "this is a huge leap of faith".
The contents of the report can be divided into four sections. First, establishing the Singapore government's e-engagement strategy in usage of new media to engage the public; Two, expanding the space for political debate on the internet; Three, protecting young netizens so they do not suffer the harms of unhealthy content; Four, intermediary immunity for online defamation (a guess: I cannot see some words properly).
After the announcement of the AIMS report, the leader of the Council, the former editor in chief of Singapore Press Holdings' English and Malay Newspaper Division Cheong Yip Seng, received feedback from the public and from bloggers. He revealed that people basically acknowledged the government needed to step up its efforts to interact with netizens using new media, and also unanimously felt there is a need to protect children and minors from being harmfully influenced on the web. However, the average person was not quite interested in whether how webmasters should be dealt with when it came to online defamation (this last sentence is sketchy; this is approximate).
On the topic of the expansion of space for political debate on the web, not only was response the greatest, opinions were also noticeably split.
SOME ADVOCATE BOLD STEPS TOWARDS LIBERALIZATION
SOME HOPE TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO
Although the Bloggers 13 advocate bigger, bolder steps in the opening up of political films and the ban on political films and broadcasts on the internet during election periods (Films Act and Parliamentary Elections Act), another group of non-netizens however expressed their hope of keeping the status quo to Cheong Yip Seng. They worry if the liberalization happens too soon and in amounts that are too large to handle, this might cause friction in society.
Cheong Yip Seng said liberalization is inevitable but "I cannot turn a deaf ear to the voices of those who voice concerns.".
Those who wish to express their thoughts on the report can do so by sending an SMS to 94354608.
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