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1 | Singapore Shuts Down News Website on World Press Freedom Day | Nanakatona Tranokalam-baovao Nandritra ny Andro Iraisam-pirenena Ho an'ny Fahalalahan-gazety i Singapore |
2 | Screenshot of the website of The Real Singapore | Pikantsarin'ny habaky ny The Real Singapore |
3 | The Singapore government has ordered the shutdown of a socio-political website for publishing “objectionable content” that allegedly undermined public order and national harmony. | Nanome baiko hanakatonana ny habaka sosialy sy politika iray ny governemantan'i Singapore noho ny famoahana “votoaty manafintohina” izay voalaza fa manohintohina ny filaminam-bahoaka sy ny firindram-pirenena. |
4 | The order was announced and carried out on May 3, 2015, which coincided with the celebration of World Press Freedom Day. | Nambara ary nampiharina tamin'ny 3 May 2015 ny baiko, izay nifanindry tamin'ny fankalazana ny Andro Iraisam-pirenena ho an'ny Fahalalahan-gazety. |
5 | This is the first time that a website was taken down by the government in relation to the licensing laws under the Internet Code of Practice passed in 2013. | Sambany ny governemanta no nanakatona habaka tamin'ny alalan'ny lalàna fahazoan-dalana ao amin'ny Fehezan-dalàna Fampiharana ny Aterineto nolaniana tamin'ny taona 2013. |
6 | The Real Singapore is a website notorious for using sensationalism to attract readers. | Habaka malaza amin'ny fampiasana ny zavatra manaitaitra hisarihana mpamaky ny The Real Singapore (ny tena Singapore). |
7 | Many accused it of publishing articles that promote xenophobia. | Maro no niampanga azy ho mamoaka lahatsoratra mampiroborobo fankahalana vahiny. |
8 | But on May 3 it ceased operations after receiving an ultimatum from the government ordering it to remove the content of its website and social media postings within six hours. | Saingy tamin'ny 3 May, nitsahatra niasa izy rehefa nahazo fandrahonana avy amin'ny governemanta mandidy azy hanaisotra ny votoaty ao amin'ny habakany sy ireo lahatsoratra nalefa tao amin'ny haino aman-jery sosialy tao anatin'ny adiny enina. |
9 | Its editors, Singaporean Yang Kaiheng and his Australian girlfriend Ai Takagi, were earlier charged with sedition. | Voampanga ho mitarika fikomiana ireo tonian-dahatsoratra ao aminy, dia ilay Singaporeana Yang Kaiheng sy ilay Aostraliana sipany Ai Takagi. |
10 | The Media Development Authority (MDA) said the order was made because The Real Singapore published several articles that sought “to incite anti-foreigner sentiments” in Singapore: | Nilaza ny Manampahefana Misahana ny Fivelaran'ny Media (MDA) fa noraisina ny baiko satria namoaka lahatsoratra maromaro nikasa “hitarika fihetseham-po mamely vahiny” ao Singapore ny The Real Singapore: |
11 | The MDA believes this editorial strategy of deceiving readers and doctoring articles was an attempt to increase traffic to TRS, and thus boost advertising revenue. | Mihevitra ny MDA fa ezaka hampitombo ny mpamakin'ny TRS (The Real Sigapore) izany hoe mampitombo ny vola miditra amin'ny dokambarotra ity tetikady famoahan-dahatsoratra amin'ny famitahana mpamaky sy lahatsoratra mpandrobo ity. |
12 | In so doing, TRS, including its two foreign editors, were seeking to make profit at the expense of Singapore's public interest and national harmony. | Amin'ny fanaovana izany ny TRS misy ireo tonian-dahatsoratra vahiny roa ao aminy dia mikendry hanangona tombontsoa mampikoro ny tombotsoam-bahoaka sy ny firindram-pirenena ao Singapore. |
13 | The Real Singapore has angered readers in the past, but its sudden closure worried many bloggers, activists, and media freedom advocates. | Efa nampahatezitra ireo mpamaky ny The Real Singapore teo aloha , saingy nampanahy ireo bilaogera, mpikatroka sy mpiaro ny fahalalahan'ny haino aman-jery ny fanakatonana azy tampoka. |
14 | FreeMyInternet, a group of bloggers which protested Singapore's licensing rules in 2013, summarized its objections in two points: | FreeMyInternet, vondrona bilaogera nanohitra ny lalàna fahazoan-dalana 2013 ao Singapore namintina ny fanoherana ao anatin'ny teboka roa: |
15 | Disproportionate power vested in a statutory board, and unclear guidelines on actions to be taken against objectionable content. | Fahefana tsy mifandanja nomena ny birao ofisialy, sy tari-dalana tsy mazava mikasika ireo fepetra noraisina manoloana ny votoaty manafintohina. |
16 | The group asked why the government singled out The Real Singapore when other mainstream websites are also guilty of publishing ‘objectionable content': | Nanontany ny antony mahatonga ny governemanta nanavaka ny The Real Singapore ny vondrona kanefa misy habaka mahazatra hafa ihany koa meloka amin'ny famoahana “votoaty manafintohina” (azo saziana): |
17 | Objectionable, fabricated and plagiarised content is a regular practice in both mainstream and online media, and most certainly undesirable. | Votoaty manafintohina, namboarina sy nalaina tahaka no fanao tsy tapaka eo amin'ireo haino aman-jery antserasera sy haino aman-jery mahazatra, ary tena tsy ilaina ny ankamaroany. |
18 | But what gives MDA the right to stop the operation of a website on this basis? | Saingy iza no manome zo ny MDA hampitsahatra ny asan'ny habaka iray noho izany antony izany? |
19 | Websites managed by traditional news outlets have also been known to have fabricated content. | Malaza amin'ny votoaty namboarina ihany koa ireo habaka tantanin'ny fampahalalam-baovao nentim-paharazana. |
20 | Does MDA intend to take action against any website that plagiarises or fabricates content? | Mikasa handray fepetra hoan'izay habaka maka tahaka na manamboamboatra votoaty ve ny MDA? |
21 | Braema Mathi from the human rights group MARUAH described the MDA action as an attack on free speech: | Braema Mathi avy ao amin'ny vondrona mpiaro ny zon'olombelona MARUAH namariparitra ny hetsiky ny MDA ho toy ny famelezana ny fahalalahana miteny: |
22 | The Media Development Authority's draconian measures are not the best way to do so, as they legitimise excessive intervention by the state and set a precedent for the diminution of our online space. | Tsy fomba tsara hanaovana izany ny fepetra henjana noraisin'ny MDA, satria manome rariny ny fitsabahana tafahoatra ataon'ny fanjakana izy ireo ary mitarika ho amin'ny fampihenana ny sehatra antseraserantsika. |
23 | The sentiment of writer Ng Yi Shu reflected the reaction of many who have low opinion for The Real Singapore: | Mitaratra ny fihetsiky ny maro manana hevitra mirefarefa momba ny The Real Singapore ny fihetseham-pon'ilay mpanoratra Ng Yi Shu: |
24 | I hate The Real Singapore. | Halako ny The Real Singapore. |
25 | I rarely hate things, let alone express my hate for it. | Tsy mba mpankahala zavatra loatra aho, saingy avelao hilaza ny fankahalako azy. |
26 | It was a relief to see it go - but the MDA's move will not resolve the underlying problems that led to the site's proliferation. | Mahatsiaro maivamaivana ny fahitana azy tsy eo intsony - saingy tsy hamaha ireo olana miafina mahatonga ny fahamaroan'ny tranonkala ny fihetsiky ny MDA. |
27 | It would not resolve the close-mindedness of Singaporeans; it would not resolve the latent irrational anger and lack of proper discourse; it would not resolve our cravings for sensationalism. | Tsy hamaha ny fahateren-tsain'ny Singaporeana izany; tsy hamaha ny fahatezerana tsy ampisainana sy ny tsy fisian'ny fomba fiteny sahaza an'izany; tsy hamaha ny filan-dratsintsika hitady zavatra manaitaitra izany. |
28 | These are problems only we can solve. | Ireo no olana hany azontsika vahana. |
29 | Another writer, Banalysis, questions the excessive action made by the government against a ‘discredited website': | Mpanoratra iray hafa, Banalysis manontany ny fihetsika tafahoatra ataon'ny fitondram-panjakana amin'ny “habaka noharatsiana“: |
30 | If a discredited website run by three amateurs could undermine the social fabric of our nation, then our supposedly robust and resilient racial-religious harmony is but a happy delusion. | Raha afaka manohintohina ny fijoroana ara-tsosialin'ny firenentsika ny tranonkala iray noharatsiana tantanin'olona telo tsy matihanina, dia tsy inona fa alonalom-pifaliana ilay heverina fa firindrantsika ara-poko sy ara-pivavahana matanjaka sy tsy voahozongozona. |
31 | Surely fifty years of nation building can't be threatened by some second-rate news site. | Azo antoka fa tsy ho voarahon'ny tranokalam-baovao sasany tsy mankaiza ny dimampolo taona nananganana ny firenena. |
32 | Journalist Kirsten Han notes that due process was violated since the sedition trial of the editors is not yet over: | Nanamarika ilay mpanoratra gazety Kirsten fa tsy voahaja ny dingana tokony arahina satria mbola tsy tapitra ny raharaham-pitsarana fikomiana niampangana an'ireo tonian-dahatsarotra roa : |
33 | It's not freedom if the state has the power to order a shutdown even before due process at the courts has been concluded, and we're meant to feel relieved and grateful that they've only done it once (so far). | Tsy azo lazaina fa fahalalahana raha manana fahefana hanome baiko fanakatonana ny fanjakana kanefa mbola tsy tapitra akory ny dingana tokony arahina any amin'ny fitsarana, ary natao mba hahatsiaro maivamaivana sy velom-pankasitrahana isika fa indray mandeha ihany izy ireo no nanao izany (hatreto). |
34 | Writing for the Asian Correspondent, Carlton Tan reminds readers about the dangers of sedition law in Singapore. | Tamin'ny fanoratana ho an'ny Asian Correspondent dia mampatsiahy ireo mpanoratra momba ny loza ateraky ny lalànan'ny fikomiana ao Singapore i Carlton Tan. |
35 | “It has shown how vacuous these vague notions of sedition,” he wrote. | “Efa niseho ny maha-zava-poana ireo tsirin-kevitra manjavozavo momba ny fikomiana,” hoy izy nanoratra. |
36 | Yawning Bread, a blogger who is under trial for criticizing the judiciary, warns that The Real Singapore is less a threat compared to the broad powers given to the Media Development Authority | Nampitandrina i Yawning Bread, bilaogera manana raharaham-pitsarana ankehitriny noho ny fanakianana ny fitsarana fa raha kely indrindra dia fandrahonana no azon'ny The Real Singapore raha oharina amin'ny hagoavan'ny fahefana nomena ny MDA |
37 | That MDA is the greater and more insidious threat to us all can be seen from this very action. | Ity MDA ity no fandrahonana lehibe sy mamitaka tanteraka antsika izay vao hitan'ny rehetra indrindra ny nataony. |
38 | Shrouded in a non-transparent process, it goes out to ban a website. | Miafina ao anatin'ny fomba tsy mangarahara, mivoaka handrara tranonkala. |
39 | It flings accusations without offering proof. | Manao fiampangana tsy manome porofo. |
40 | More dangerously, it plants the idea that it has the right to adjudicate truth and falsehood. | Ny tena loza, dia voleny ny hevitra fa manan-jo izy hanapaka ny [zavatra iray ho] marina na/sy ny lainga. |
41 | This case shows that Singapore's so-called ‘light touch' policy when it comes to Internet regulation needs to be reviewed again, especially if an agency is given extensive authority to censor and remove websites. | Mampiseho ity tranga ity fa tokony hodinihina indray ny politika ‘tendry maivana' ao Singapore raha ny fitsipiky ny aterineto no resahana, indrindra raha misy sampan-draharaha omena fahefana mihoa-pampana hanivana sy hanaisotra tranonkala. |