Volume 7 Issue 2

The search for legal measures to meet the challenge presented by the Internet, namely the control of 'undesirable' information available through it to the public at large, has produced results in at least three countries. Just as in other countries, the existing laws in Singapore have not directly addressed the multifarious nature and insidious impact of the Internet. Considering that nearly all the laws in Singapore were aimed at conventional means of information dissemination, it is no surprise that they fall far short of the demand of the times and the standards that government sought to set for the new technology. It was therefore inevitable that Singapore would follow suit by enacting new legislation and/or setting out a "code of practice" that users and service providers would be expected to observe. This article seeks to explore the recent developments in Singapore in that direction and to assess the emergent regime of regulation.

* Lecturer in Law, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore