Singapore is cracking down on internet activity

Nov. 5th, a date requested by a hacktivist who is upset with the rules that Singapore is considering implementing. A member of the group Anonymous, he hacked the Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times with the message: “Dear ST: You just got hacked for misleading the people!”

The new rules being proposed include a $50,000 “performance bond” and must “comply within 24 hours to MDA’s directions to remove content that is found to be in breach of content standards”.

The hacktivist, who goes by the name 'The Messiah', has backed a call by Google, Facebook and others to scrap proposed internet licensing rules in Singapore which have been described as state censorship.

A coalition comprised of Google, Facebook, Yahoo and others wrote in an open letter to communications minister Yaacob Ibrahim in July that the proposed rules “could unintentionally hamper Singapore’s ability to continue to drive innovation, develop key industries in the technology space and attract investment”.