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10 online news sites must follow traditional regulations

• bowah

  29 May 13, 14:22

  Ten online news sites that report regularly on Singapore and have significant reach will be required to follow the same regulatory framework as traditional media.
  
  According to a statement issued by the Media Development Authority (MDA) on Tuesday, the 10 online news sites, which include sg.news.yahoo.com, will from Saturday need an individual licence just as traditional news platforms now have. Currently, the online news sites only have a class licence under the Broadcasting Act.
  
  The new licence makes it clear that online news sites are expected to comply within 24 hours to MDA’s directions to remove content that is found to be in breach of content standards, the Singapore media regulator said.
  
  The sites will also be required to put up a performance bond of S$50,000, like all other individually-licensed broadcasters.
  
  MDA said the new licence provides greater clarity on prevailing requirements within the Class Licence and Internet Code of Practice, and also explains what would be considered “prohibited content” in the existing Internet Code of Practice – content that undermines racial or religious harmony, for example.
  
  “As the sites are already subject to these requirements, no change in content standards is expected to result,” MDA said.
  
  Under the licensing framework, online news sites will be individually licensed if they report an average of at least one article per week on Singapore’s news and current affairs over a period of two months, and are visited by at least 50,000 unique IP addresses from Singapore each month over a period of two months.
  
  When the licensing framework is launched, MDA said it will be issuing licensing notifications for the following ten sites: asiaone.com, businesstimes.com.sg, channelnewsasia.com, omy.sg, sg.news.yahoo.com, stomp.com.sg, straitstimes.com, tnp.sg, todayonline.com and zaobao.com.
  
  Aside from the Yahoo! Singapore news site, all the other nine sites are run by Singapore’s two biggest media groups, MediaCorp and Singapore Press Holdings.
  
  How come sgforum not top 10 site meh???

• Ct2220

  29 May 13, 14:27

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  （have a class licence under the Broadcasting Act.）

  

   

• bowah

  29 May 13, 14:29

  Then ah pool, BJ, JR and Rbs...and so on, why get banned?...lols

• bowah

  29 May 13, 14:31

  

  Stir ah stir...

• Paxonboard3173

  29 May 13, 20:42

  As long MDA don't come disturb our porn site, thanks god liao...

• Paxonboard3173

  29 May 13, 20:43

  Originally posted by bowah:

  Then ah pool, BJ, JR and Rbs...and so on, why get banned?...lols

  ah pool tio ban mah?..

  knn, who can break my record, tio ban twice liao..

• weehu

  29 May 13, 20:48

  Originally posted by Paxonboard3173:

  ah pool tio ban mah?..

  knn, who can break my record, tio ban twice liao..

  u means RBS70 n OWT ?

• Paxonboard3173

  29 May 13, 20:54

  Originally posted by weehu:

  u means RBS70 n OWT ?

  

• bowah

  31 May 13, 10:21

  Originally posted by Paxonboard3173:

  ah pool tio ban mah?..

  knn, who can break my record, tio ban twice liao..

  
  Walau, tio ban also got record one...lols, TDs is really TCSS

• bowah

  31 May 13, 10:21

  Originally posted by weehu:

  u means RBS70 n OWT ?

  
  

• Paxonboard3173

  31 May 13, 22:12

  Originally posted by bowah:

  
  Walau, tio ban also got record one...lols, TDs is really TCSS

  For honour and glory...

   

• Gu7777g

  31 May 13, 22:14

  Originally posted by Paxonboard3173:

  For honour and glory...

   

   

  TO the death!!!!

• bowah

  1 Jun 13, 11:51

  Originally posted by Gu7777g:

   

  TO the death!!!!

  
  Beat till death, never give up also..knn, the face skin must be 20mm thick