PM Lee sends lawyer's letter to editors of TR Emeritus
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ksi:
Anyone read the ''defamatory'' comment? It has already been removed from the website, though TRE resisted doing so earlier on. Anyway.. what's new?! :roll:Hmmm...TR now regrets they never moderate properly.
Wonder what LHY is so unhappy about this time....
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firefly38:
You are right..it has been removed....so no more resistence...
Anyone read the ''defamatory'' comment? It has already been removed from the website, though TRE resisted doing so earlier on. Anyway.. what's new?! :roll:ksi:
Hmmm...TR now regrets they never moderate properly.
Wonder what LHY is so unhappy about this time....
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_769929.html -
firefly38:
Is it about something kept in Australia or something else? :? Thought I read something like that somewhere.
Anyone read the ''defamatory'' comment? It has already been removed from the website, though TRE resisted doing so earlier on. Anyway.. what's new?! :roll:ksi:
Hmmm...TR now regrets they never moderate properly.
Wonder what LHY is so unhappy about this time.... -
Means what now?
If we all anyhow post comments here... KS Chief will tio lawyer letter...
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Daddy
Ya lor..... :lightrod:
Means what now?
If we all anyhow post comments here... KS Chief will tio lawyer letter...
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Daddy
Like verykiasu2010 said, we should not post anything that can't be proven. We should not start rumours. We can discuss about rumours we read elsewhere but we better don't anyhow 'endorse' those rumours if we can't substantiate it.Means what now?
If we all anyhow post comments here... KS Chief will tio lawyer letter...
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HVR:
Nor jump to conclusions that if MSM reports it, it must be true. Need to read carefully as MSM often use : 'δΌ β meaning they also hearsay only. Right, HVR?
Like verykiasu2010 said, we should not post anything that can't be proven. We should not start rumours. We can discuss about rumours we read elsewhere but we better don't anyhow 'endorse' those rumours if we can't substantiate it.Daddy
Means what now?
If we all anyhow post comments here... KS Chief will tio lawyer letter...
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Nebbermind:
Is it about something kept in Australia or something else? :? Thought I read something like that somewhere.[/quote]Aiya.. Never read the comments.. Too late now...
Anyone read the ''defamatory'' comment? It has already been removed from the website, though TRE resisted doing so earlier on. Anyway.. what's new?! :roll:firefly38:
[quote=\"ksi\"]Hmmm...TR now regrets they never moderate properly.
Wonder what LHY is so unhappy about this time....
But I kinda know what (or who?) they were referring to... :siam: -
ksi:
Mebbe admin can introduce a \"disclaimer\" icon..
Ya lor..... :lightrod:Daddy
Means what now?
If we all anyhow post comments here... KS Chief will tio lawyer letter...
\"disclaimer - Unverified\"
\"disclaimer - Unverified source\"
\"disclaimer - Hearsay only\"
\"disclaimer - Don't know if true or not\"
etc.......
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The Straits Times
http://www.straitstimes.comPublished on Feb 24, 2012
TR Emeritus website flooded by defamatory comments
Netizens have inundated TR Emeritus (TRE) with defamatory comments since it apologised on Wednesday to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for an article that allegedly defamed him and his wife Ho Ching.
The sociopolitical website's editors appealed to those responsible to stop, even as they said they are pondering whether to shut it down.
'There is no need to ensure that TRE will 'meet its maker' as it is one of the options which is being seriously considered by the team,' said the editors on Thursday.
In an article on the website, they said that by 4am on Thursday, moderators had had to delete at least 300 comments that were 'outright defamatory and seditious' - six times more than what they would usually have had to remove.
The latest comments were mainly about Ms Ho and PM Lee.
The website had published an apology to PM Lee for an article that alleged cronyism in the appointment of Ms Ho as the head of Temasek Holdings, the Singapore Government's investment company.
Pointing to the ensuing deluge of comments, TRE editors said never before had they needed to remove more than 50 comments in a day.
'We have every valid reason to believe that these comments were posted intentionally to get TRE into further trouble.'They said the defamatory comments were not from their regular pool of commentators, whose monikers are largely recognisable in the website's community.
They added they would report postings deemed unlawful to the authorities. But genuine commentators need not worry about being exposed, they said.
In an earlier post on Wednesday, the editors said TRE receives 'thousands of comments' daily. Some unwarranted comments might slip through, or some moderators might accidentally let them through 'due to the limited legal knowledge they possessed', they said.
They asked readers to alert them to such incidents.
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