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Singapore election candidates escape with warning for Facebook comments

Singapore election candidates escape with warning for Facebook comments

By Fri, Aug 12, 2011 12:30PM UTC View Comments Singapore election candidates escape with warning for Facebook comments

Though the country’s election was held in April this year, Singaporean police have finally taken action following an incident which saw (now MP but) then electoral candidate Tin Pei Ling’s team post a message to her Facebook page on a dedicated no campaigning “cooling off ” day. Police issued a “stern warning” to Miss Tin...

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Round-up: Singapore elections & social media stories

By Mon, May 09, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments Round-up: Singapore elections & social media stories

This weekend saw the long awaited results of the watershed 2011 Singapore general elections which will go down in history for the role that the internet, and social networks in particular, played during the electoral campaign. The dominant PAP party win once again, but some of the figures are very interesting: a record 93% of...

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