TR EMERITUS

What does it tell us about the state of world affairs when politicians need to appeal to Facebook and other social media giants, to censor contents which are deemed problematic? It means that In this digital age, dictators can no longer enjoy the monopoly of the tools of information dissemination, or rely on their controlled... 

He’s regularly propagating fake news, or fabricated news. This was very apparent in a story about our financial sector, an important driver of the economy, thus supporting the govt’s argument on the need to regulate fake news: Senior Minister of State for Law Edwin Tong has hinted at the tabling of a Bill aimed at curbing... 

On the first day of the new year, I have to make my monthly payment to the Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong. Hsien Loong sued me in 2014 and won, and I have to pay him S$180,000 in costs and damages. While paying the prime minister who has sued me, I am also making a small donation to another blogger who has just been...