http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2008/06/06/blogger-jailed-in-singapore-for-dissent/ Thoughts from the Internet and Democracy Project team at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:24:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2008/06/06/blogger-jailed-in-singapore-for-dissent/#comment-679 balderdash Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:54:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2008/06/06/blogger-jailed-in-singapore-for-dissen#comment-679 making this case as an exception, as it is very apparent this case is a classic Lee family auto cry at its best; i believe in some situations, the essence of censorship in a liberal world of world wide web is a necessity to keep peace and harmony especially in countries where cultural and racial sentiments are at a delicate balance, ( as in most South East Asian countries). censorship and controlling policies can act like traffic lights and traffic rules, and the rules has to be carefully deliberated with sound sense and good faith. Unfortunately, like most policing bodies, what happens now that it is highly abused and corrupted for some cause of personal interest or gain as what happens in China and Burma. But we must note that the core essence of censorship policy and filtering in the messy world of Internet if applied well, is a powerful tool to negate the negative effects of Internet ultra democracy. making this case as an exception, as it is very apparent this case is a classic Lee family auto cry at its best; i believe in some situations, the essence of censorship in a liberal world of world wide web is a necessity to keep peace and harmony especially in countries where cultural and racial sentiments are at a delicate balance, ( as in most South East Asian countries). censorship and controlling policies can act like traffic lights and traffic rules, and the rules has to be carefully deliberated with sound sense and good faith. Unfortunately, like most policing bodies, what happens now that it is highly abused and corrupted for some cause of personal interest or gain as what happens in China and Burma.
But we must note that the core essence of censorship policy and filtering in the messy world of Internet if applied well, is a powerful tool to negate the negative effects of Internet ultra democracy.

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