MDA released a statement on its Facebook page in response to a petition to shut down Stomp which has garnered over 20,000 signatures in less than a week.
Reading its statement, it seems to be saying:
(1) you yourself go tell the owner of the site to clean up; or
(2) let's tighten internet regulations together since you are complaining about Stomp.
Either way, MDA is saying: we won't take any action against Stomp despite the fact that over 20,000 people have deemed the site's content to be against public interest with its falsehoods and fabricated content indiscriminately slamming innocent NSFs, as well as explicit posts about public displays of affection and scantily clad women at beach parties.
Why the bias?
What is public interest here? Interest of the PAP?
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Statement from MDA:
You may be aware of an ongoing petition to shut down STOMP. While it is not for MDA to influence the editorial slant of sites, we would, as the media regulator of Singapore, take firm action if any Internet content provider is in breach of the Internet Code of Practice. These typically cover content that is against public interest and/or content that promotes racial and religious hatred or intolerance.
As users of the Internet and as part of our efforts to promote responsible online behaviour, netizens can and should continue signalling to content providers the standards that we expect of them, so that they can in turn heed these calls. Should you believe that STOMP, together with other class-licensed and individually licensed sites merit stronger regulation, we invite you to propose how the standards should be tightened.
Let’s build a healthy online environment together.
Boycott Straits Times & Zaobao
[Source: https://www.facebook.com/BoycottSTZB]