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For the depiction of the War on Terror, perceived as a negative portrayal of Muslims.It was later released with a NC16 rating. 2014 To Singapore, With Love: Banned because it allegedly undermined national security as "the individuals in the film have given distorted and untruthful accounts of how they came to leave Singapore and remain outside Singapore," and that "a number of these self ...
In 1963, Singapore banned the hit song Puff, the Magic Dragon, fearing that it referenced marijuana. [11] Janet Jackson's albums Velvet Rope and All For You were also banned due to homosexual and sexually explicit themes that the BPAA found "not acceptable to our society". [11] The bans have since been lifted.
Internet censorship in Singapore is carried out by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). Internet services provided by the three major Internet service providers (ISPs) are subject to regulation by the MDA, which requires blocking of a symbolic number of websites containing "mass impact objectionable" material, including Playboy, YouPorn and Ashley Madison. [1]
The ban was placed to keep the streets clean and litter-free. As Singapore grew into a global trading hub, people would litter and stick gum between train doors.
In the early years of Singapore’s independence (from the British Empire in 1963 and from Malaysia in 1965), Tan Chay Wa had been an armed activist, possibly a Communist, who rejected the two ...
Singapore Era Singaporeera.com inauthentic news website "potential hostile information threat" Broadcasting Act October 2024 [15] [16] Singapore Dao Times Singdaotimes.com inauthentic news website "potential hostile information threat" Broadcasting Act October 2024 [15] [16] Today in Singapore Todayinsg.com inauthentic news website
Another short documentary called Singapore Rebel by Martyn See, which documented Singapore Democratic Party leader Dr Chee Soon Juan's acts of civil disobedience, was banned from the 2005 Singapore International Film Festival on the same grounds and See is being investigated for possible violations of the Films Act.
Singapore has banned games in the past and still occasionally does (including a ban on arcades nationwide from 1983 to the 1990s). [ citation needed ] With the implementation of the Video Game Classification in 2008 by the Media Development Authority , most games are widely available for purchase to their respective age group, such as those ...