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Podcast ban is politcally motivated

Categories: East Asia, Singapore, Citizen Media, Elections, Politics, Technology

Relative to the prohibition against using podcasts for political campaigns [1], Singapore Election Watch reproduces a statement [2] from the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Secretary-General that says this is not the first time that the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has arbitrarily thwarted its efforts– the PAP banned videos in 1996 when the SAP produced a video to present its platform.