Singapore officials censor U.S. newgroup posting
jim bell
jimbell at pacifier.com
Fri Jul 19 23:13:11 PDT 1996
At 01:00 PM 7/19/96 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>This move by Singapore to censor a newsgroup posting is a good example of
>the overbreadth of government censorship. It's a bait-and-switch maneuver:
>say you're going after porn but censor "offensive" speech.
>The regulations ban contents that "tend to bring the Government into hatred
>or contempt,"
Isn't it too bad governments don't ban THEIR OWN actions which "tend to
bring the Government into hatred or contempt"? After all, I think behind
every example of "hatred or contempt" for government, you'll find an act by
government which caused it.
Jim Bell
jimbell at pacifier.com
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