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The Online Citizen (TOC) is a regional online publication based in Taiwan and formerly Singapore’s longest-running independent online media platform. Our aim is to examine the issues that matter, or should matter, to citizens in democratic countries and to reflect the diversity of life, of ideas and opinions of individuals, regardless of race ...
Are Govt policies and big business interests limiting competition in Singapore? Revitalizing democracy in Southeast Asia: Grassroots efforts, youth engagement, and international support A tragic reminder: The urgent need for defamation law reform in Singapore
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On Sep 4, 2018, De Costa sent an email titled "PAP MP apologises to SDP" from an Internet cafe in Chinatown, intending for it to be published on the TOC website. That same day, Xu approved the publication of the email sent to it from a person named Willy Sum, titled "The Take Away From Seah Kian Ping's Facebook Post". Mr Seah Kian Peng’s name was m...
Mr Faizal and fellow Deputy Public Prosecutors Mohamed Senthilkumaran Sabapathy and Sheryl Yeo argued that corruption was one of the most serious allegations that could be made against public office holders. They noted that TOC had more than a million views a month according to Xu, and cited his previous descriptions of the website as "an independe...
Xu's lawyer Mr Choo asked for a fine of S$4,000, while De Costa's lawyer Chung Ting Fai asked for a fine of S$10,000. In mitigation, Mr Choo argued that Xu complied with IMDA's direction to remove the article from TOC's website within a few hours of the request being made on Sep 18, 2018. Xu also cooperated with authorities by providing the identit...
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Sep 14, 2021 · SINGAPORE: The Online Citizen's (TOC) licence has been suspended and the alternative news provider has been ordered to stop posting on its websites and social media accounts. It has two...
Membership Levels. On 21 July 2023, the Ministry of Communication and Information of Singapore issued a declaration under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) to label the TOC website, its Twitter account, LinkedIn page, and Facebook page as Declared Online Locations (DOLs) from 22 July 2023 until 21 July 2025.
