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Call for rare protest rally in government-approved "Speaker's Corner" next Saturday (3 Jun) - Singapore's blogging community is rebelling against a stringent new law that requires online news sites to put up a performance bond of $50,000 and to submit to government censorship, calling for the general public and bloggers to rally... 

Journalists and bloggers criticise country's new media law Singapore (30 May) - Singaporean journalists and bloggers are criticising a new media regulation that they believe will stifle independent news and information about the country. Set to take effect on June 1, the law will require online news sites to pay a S$50,000 bond... 

(1 Jun) - A NEW LICENSING SCHEME for online news in Singapore as triggered a tragic result: it is effectively extending the country’s strict regulation of news and public affairs information to its relatively freer online news media. Singapore media on Monday, 28 May, reported that a fact sheet posted on the website of the...