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Re:Singapore activist found guilty of hosting ‘illegal assem... by denzil_correa on Friday January 04, 2019 @10:06AM (#18824476)
> Media and internet are not censored.

Singapore has strong censorship mechanisms for the media and Internet. It ranks 151 on the Freedom of Press Index [0].

[0] https://rsf.org/en/singapore

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Re:Singapore activist found guilty of hosting ‘illegal assem... by tootie on Friday January 04, 2019 @11:04AM (#18824960)
What I meant is that they don't firewall the entire internet the way China does. You can read any international news or social media. Their censorship regime is purely domestic.
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Re:Singapore activist found guilty of hosting ‘illegal assem... by ponyfleisch on Saturday January 05, 2019 @02:30AM (#18830472)
> Their censorship regime is purely domestic.

They block:

-pornography

-ashley madison

-an admittedly very questionable "news" site targeted at Singapore but operated from the outside

Further, the sale of malaysian newspapers is banned, as is private ownership of satellite TV equipment.

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