TOC license suspended liao.

[TerrexLee]

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has suspended the class licence of sociopolitical website The Online Citizen (TOC) for its failure to declare its funding sources.


It is hence prohibited from posting articles on its website, social media channels and accounts, which it must disable by 3pm on Thursday.


In a statement on Tuesday (Sept 14), IMDA, which regulates internet content providers, said that TOC had “repeatedly failed” to declare all its sources of funding in its 2020 yearly declaration despite many reminders and extensions.


Should TOC fail to comply with the suspension, IMDA may take steps to restrict access to TOC and may hold its officers liable for criminal offences under the Broadcasting Act.

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[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE - The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has suspended the class licence of The Online Citizen (TOC) website and its social media channels.

In a statement on Tuesday (Sept 14), IMDA said the socio-political website has repeatedly failed to comply with its legal obligation to declare all sources of funding since around the middle of last year.

TOC will be required to stop posting content on its website and social media channels by 3pm on Thursday, IMDA said.

If TOC continues to be in breach of the requirements, its class licence could be cancelled by Sept 28.

TOC is one of two websites that are currently classified as registered Internet content providers (ICPs) by IMDA. The other is The Independent Singapore.

Other past examples of websites include Six-Six News and The Middle Ground, both of which are no longer in operation.

Such websites, which provide content focused on party political issues in Singapore and engage in online promotion or discussion of these issues, are required to declare their sources of funding.

"This is to prevent such sites from being controlled by foreign actors, or coming under the influence of foreign entities or funding, and to ensure that there is no foreign influence in domestic politics," IMDA said.

This requirement has been in place since 2013.

Mainstream news websites are not considered ICPs as they are regulated separately under the Broadcasting Act and the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act.

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