Media

MDA's announcement creates an online storm.

Singapore’s Tweaked Online Licenses Show Naivety

The Media Development Authority announced new guidelines that will require additional licensing for current affairs orientated sites with a large Singapore viewership. I think it is important for those who are interested in this change of rules to read the factsheet verbatim from MDA’s site. Context is important, please do click on that link and …

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Snippets: 16 May 2013

Singapore’s ideological prisoners, geography of hate, Iron Man 3 VFX

The question of inequality and economic growth has taken a long and twisted path. Will Singapore drop the Reagan-Thatcher revolution? Twitter is a great platform but it is also a space where people speak in public mostly without thinking. A map of hate has been generated for the United States and hateful tweets by topic …

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Snippets: 1 April 2013

Chinese cyberwar, North Korea analysis, blogger blamed for Chelsea F.C. woes

Conflicts abound in this relook at how mainstream media in the United StatesĀ is covering hacking attempts from China. Also, another opinion on North Korea after it dramatically scaled up its military operations with the United States in its sights. Is this just a dramatic show of force? Benitez is sick of having nearly everyone laugh …

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