The Online Citizen

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The Online Citizen (founded in December 2006) is a community blogging platform involved in political activism in Singapore.[1] It describes itself as a group of advocacy journalists who report on topics not generally covered by the mainstream media.

On January 10, 2011, the Singapore Registry of Political Donations expressed its intent to gazette the platform as a political organization. The Registry noted that the editors of the website organized online and offline campaigns to change legislation and government policies.[2] Under legislation, political entities cannot receive funds from foreign contributors[3] and anonymous contributions above SGD 5000.

Founders and Editors

  • Andrew Loh (Founder)
  • Remy Choo Zheng Xi (Founder)
  • Joshua Chiang (Chief Editor - Past)
  • Kumaran Pillai (Chief Editor - Past)
  • Ravi Philemon (Chief Editor - Past)
  • Terry Xu (Executive Editor - Present)

References

  1. Nazry Bahrawi. 2011. Political blog turns the tables on ruling party. South China Morning Post, February 1.
  2. "The Online Citizen" gazetted as political association, Channel News Asia, 17 February 2011, retrieved on 31 December 2011
  3. Temasek Review to shut down after July, ChannelNewsAsia, 7 April 2011

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