Don't ban websites, AIMS panel advises Government

journalism.sg | The government-appointed AIMS panel has called for Singapore's symbolic ban on 100 websites to be lifted. AIMS (the Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society) says that ban can be replaced by more holistic, community-based defences against undesirable internet content.

If the proposal is accepted, it would mark the most significant freeing up of the internet since content regulations were introduced in 1996. However, just like ban itself, lifting it would have a mainly symbolic effect, possibly signaling the government's recognition that a paternalistic approach to internet regulation is neither sustainable nor wise.... selanjutnya.