SINGAPORE: Singaporean bloggers blacked out their homepages to protest new licensing rules for news websites they say will muzzle freedom of expression.
Some 134 participants, including individual bloggers and community-based blogs, replaced their homepages with black screens featuring the words “#FreeMyInternet”, as well as the time and venue of a rally to be held tomorrow. The 24-hour blackout yesterday lasted until midnight.
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