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Think before you post online
Online social media platforms have become our 'kopitiams'.
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
AsiaOne
ONLINE social media platforms have opened up a place for people to post their views for all to see.
Unfortunately many or most do not think of the consequences of posting their opinions.
A reader came across a Facebook posting where a boy expressed how he wished he could bomb all the top
schools in Singapore, and that he should learn terrorism.
This was highlighted in Stomp, the citizen-journalism portal.
He said all the top schools annoyed him as their students looked down on students from schools that do not as well as them.
He probably had not given much thought to the implications of his comment, nor did he consider that terrorism is the number one threat in our world today.
But the reality is that such comments can get him arrested.
Some might feel that a simple statement to express the boy's frustration is too meager to land him behind bars, that
the punishment does not justify the crime.
However that may not be the case.
Some responses to this include:
Reader "moirai21":
"But as we netizens shld know, anything that we write online can always be tracked back to us even if they are deleted."
Reader "stompingmywayaround":
"These are the types of people terrorist can brainwash, feeble minded who couldn't careless about others. They think just because something bad happen to them, the whole world owes them a living. Then again, it could be just frustration cos it's a blog after all and he meant no harm."
This is not the first case of controversial comments and postings that have surfaced.
Earlier this month, three Chinese youths in Singapore were arrested for posting racist remarks on Facebook.
The trio, aged between 17 and 18 years old, were members of a Facebook group named after a derogatory term to describe Indians.
All three are out on bail pending investigation.
The Singapore police takes a unwavering stand when it comes to anything that could disrupt the social harmony - and indirectly, its security - of Singapore.
The people are no less accountable for their actions when they post their comments online than if they were say them in public.
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Digital @ AsiaOne
Think before you post online
Online social media platforms have become our 'kopitiams'.
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
AsiaOne
ONLINE social media platforms have opened up a place for people to post their views for all to see.
Unfortunately many or most do not think of the consequences of posting their opinions.
A reader came across a Facebook posting where a boy expressed how he wished he could bomb all the top
schools in Singapore, and that he should learn terrorism.
This was highlighted in Stomp, the citizen-journalism portal.
He said all the top schools annoyed him as their students looked down on students from schools that do not as well as them.
He probably had not given much thought to the implications of his comment, nor did he consider that terrorism is the number one threat in our world today.
But the reality is that such comments can get him arrested.
Some might feel that a simple statement to express the boy's frustration is too meager to land him behind bars, that
the punishment does not justify the crime.
However that may not be the case.
Some responses to this include:
Reader "moirai21":
"But as we netizens shld know, anything that we write online can always be tracked back to us even if they are deleted."
Reader "stompingmywayaround":
"These are the types of people terrorist can brainwash, feeble minded who couldn't careless about others. They think just because something bad happen to them, the whole world owes them a living. Then again, it could be just frustration cos it's a blog after all and he meant no harm."
This is not the first case of controversial comments and postings that have surfaced.
Earlier this month, three Chinese youths in Singapore were arrested for posting racist remarks on Facebook.
The trio, aged between 17 and 18 years old, were members of a Facebook group named after a derogatory term to describe Indians.
All three are out on bail pending investigation.
The Singapore police takes a unwavering stand when it comes to anything that could disrupt the social harmony - and indirectly, its security - of Singapore.
The people are no less accountable for their actions when they post their comments online than if they were say them in public.
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