SINGAPORE: Members of Parliament (MPs) have voiced their support for Singapore’s approach in restricting hate and offensive speech and ...
Describing the motion as a"timely" one, MP Christopher De Souza said that inflammatory speech inciting senseless violence"shrouds daily life with a veneer of danger", creating heightened tension.
"But as a multi-racial and religious society, each of our communities has different ideas about that public space. He added that the state should consider adapting laws that deal with terrorism financing onto hate speech. Mr Pillai also suggested bringing back the judicial review of Government action to ascertain the legality, rationality and procedural propriety of decisions made.
MP Denise Phua described offensive speech as being “a grey zone” with varying degrees of offensiveness, pointing out that there should be a"more effective way" of educating the public on what is and is not acceptable. “WhatsApp and other platforms, I think these are legitimate questions. I cannot tell you that I have all the answers on those issues, but we’ll have to deal with them," he said.
"There is therefore a great need to continue to foster relations between people from different communities and allow for better understanding."MP Saktiandi Supaat also suggested that young people be exposed to programmes that will promote opportunities for them to mingle with people from all races and religion, pointing out that the risk of perpetuating stereotypes can be “fuel” for hate speech and ideology.
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