Yaacob bats for code of conduct for online behaviour
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Yaacob bats for code of conduct for online behaviour
Yahoo! Newsroom – 29 minutes agoShould there be guidelines to ensure appropriate behavior among Internet users?
That was one idea brought up on Saturday by Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Yaacob Ibrahim, who reportedly said that such guidelines can moderate online discussions to prevent offending other groups or communities.
While Yaacob, who is also Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, praised the Malay-Muslim community for their calm response to the incidents, he also pointed out that the community would have to handle such posts in the future, reported The Sunday Times.
His comments came after a recent spate of insensitive online postings made on Facebook related to Islam. Blogger Donaldson Tan came under investigation for re-posting a picture offensive to Muslims.
Former Young PAP member Jason Neo and national serviceman Christian Eliab Ratnam have also drawn the attention of authorities for their posts of photos appearing similarly offensive.
In its addenda to the Presidential Address for the opening of the 12th Parliament, the Ministry of Law also said it will review legislation to deal with unlawful online conduct, saying that the “proliferation of new media has brought about new challenges to the rule of law”. -
Dun worry, it only happened once in 50 years.
If he cannot fix a simple flood, what he can do to a internet flood ?
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Talk about these, what about the internet facebook msg Tin Pei Ling posted on Cooling Off Day? Why nobody bother to investigate Tin Pei Ling?
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u see....it means FROM TODAY ONWARDS la....lol
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We also want code of behaviour for PAP. They are not to use words to insult us, no name calling, no accusation . . . . . . .. .
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Let's regulate the internet.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
Dun worry, it only happened once in 50 years.
If he cannot fix a simple flood, what he can do to a internet flood ?
its no simple flood. the urbanisation took away the green to absorb the rain, so lead to flooding. flooding is quite common in urbanised countries.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Let's regulate the internet.
hooray, fifi will hv a paid job? -
regulate the internet
He must be smoking some powerful stuff~
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
regulate the internet
He must be smoking some powerful stuff~
Their code of conduct will likely apply to everybody in the world using the internet.
Yes even to people living in the Fiji Islands.
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Even in a state of dream :DDD
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Some things cannot be policed or forced on people.
Things such as sentiments, thoughts, feelings, these cannot be forced on people.
And since on the internet, people can be anonymous and free to write their true feelings, some of these will surface. It is inevitable.
I oppose those attention seekers and those who deliberately flame and troll and intentionally provoke other groups / races / religions, and I think it is good to apply the law on them, but, people should not be punished if they say something or write something which just express their feelings without the intent of fanning trouble.
So how do you know which one is sincere expression and which one is deliberate trolling ?
That is the hard part.
For instance,
Someone (you know who) has made several repeated comments openly in the media and the media print and reprint them, over the years, comments regarding certain group of people. And this person is a high profile politician and write many books and memoirs. He has generated many unhappy rebuke and complaints from the said group, and even members of his own party. Even his son is forced to come out and publicly rebuke him.
But apparently he has never been charged with any law.
So how do you determine which expression falls under the normal and permissible expression and which one is extreme and crosses the line ?
It is a little subjective and it's like examining a movie for censorship and trying to determine whether a scene is porn or whether it is an art scene.
I still agree with the principle of this law. Someone who is an attention seeker and just want to provoke people for the sake of provoking people, should indeed get punished. No doubt about that. Because they will disturb the peace and incite social chaos.
However the proposal of further regulation of the internet, must be realistic. It is almost impossible to totally regulate internet and furthermore because of the nature of internet discussions, many internet users are just simply expressing their feelings and thoughts. It is almost impossible to regulate that.
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"Yaacob bats for code of conduct for online behaviour "
-->"Yaacob bats for code of conduct"<--
-->"Yaacob bats"<--
*yaacob bats mah wallet* OuO
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Originally posted by Veggie Bao:
Some things cannot be policed or forced on people.
Things such as sentiments, thoughts, feelings, these cannot be forced on people.
And since on the internet, people can be anonymous and free to write their true feelings, some of these will surface. It is inevitable.
I oppose those attention seekers and those who deliberately flame and troll and intentionally provoke other groups / races / religions, and I think it is good to apply the law on them, but, people should not be punished if they say something or write something which just express their feelings without the intent of fanning trouble.
So how do you know which one is sincere expression and which one is deliberate trolling ?
That is the hard part.
For instance,
Someone (you know who) has made several repeated comments openly in the media and the media print and reprint them, over the years, comments regarding certain group of people. And this person is a high profile politician and write many books and memoirs. He has generated many unhappy rebuke and complaints from the said group, and even members of his own party. Even his son is forced to come out and publicly rebuke him.
But apparently he has never been charged with any law.
So how do you determine which expression falls under the normal and permissible expression and which one is extreme and crosses the line ?
It is a little subjective and it's like examining a movie for censorship and trying to determine whether a scene is porn or whether it is an art scene.
I still agree with the principle of this law. Someone who is an attention seeker and just want to provoke people for the sake of provoking people, should indeed get punished. No doubt about that. Because they will disturb the peace and incite social chaos.
However the proposal of further regulation of the internet, must be realistic. It is almost impossible to totally regulate internet and furthermore because of the nature of internet discussions, many internet users are just simply expressing their feelings and thoughts. It is almost impossible to regulate that.
Very cheem.
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Originally posted by Veggie Bao:
Someone (you know who) has made several repeated comments openly in the media and the media print and reprint them, over the years, comments regarding certain group of people. And this person is a high profile politician and write many books and memoirs. He has generated many unhappy rebuke and complaints from the said group, and even members of his own party. Even his son is forced to come out and publicly rebuke him.
But apparently he has never been charged with any law.
That would be the great political thinker and statesman Harry Lee Kuan Yew.
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if they do come up with the bill, religion is something sure on the list
other than that, some major criminal offence may be added such as hoax bomb. Because of the nature of internet business, the is highly a section on scams that took place only. -
Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:
if they do come up with the bill, religion is something sure on the list
other than that, some major criminal
offence may be added such as hoax bomb. Because of the nature of
internet business, the is highly a section on scams that took place
only.People are afraid of scams than anything else.
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I smell a rat......
this came right after PAP camp started a racial thing........
then followed quickly by yacoup about moral on the net......
was it a setup? a conspiracy? or what?
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Originally posted by 4sg:
I smell a rat......
this came right after PAP camp started a racial thing........
then followed quickly by yacoup about moral on the net......
was it a setup? a conspiracy? or what?
they are trying to make you forget the jason's racist comments.
not our jason ling, but pap's jason
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Sgf is being monitered, huh?