Censorship and the Internet: A Singapore Perspective

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 72-78

  Ang, Peng Hwa ^a   Nadarajan, Berlinda ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b National Computer Board   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION CONTROL; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

CENSORSHIP; INTERNET; SEMBAWANG MEDIA; SINGNET; TECHNET;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0030166524     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/228503.228520     Document Type: Review

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