{"id":1581,"date":"2020-06-29T19:46:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T11:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isocsg.org\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2020-07-02T14:14:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T06:14:22","slug":"webinar-on-navigating-new-election-laws-in-singapore-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isocsg.org\/index.php\/2020\/06\/29\/webinar-on-navigating-new-election-laws-in-singapore-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar on Navigating New Election Laws in Singapore 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This webinar on the new election laws in Singapore was 7 PM Singapore time, Wednesday 1 July 2020&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Navigating New Election Laws (Singapore General Election 2020) (Internet Society Singapore Chapter)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Qc3Fs-05XQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Internet is vital for Singapore&#8217;s General Election 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic: campaigning, canvassing, and commenting will all be online. But what are we, as ordinary citizens on the Internet, legally able (or not) to do online during this time?<br \/>\nJoin the expert panel of Prof Kevin Tan, Prof Ang Peng Hwa, and Remy Choo, at our Internet Society Singapore Chapter event, as they take us through the new election laws that regulate this unusual campaign, Cooling Off Day, and the polls on 10 July.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nSpeakers<br \/>\nAdjunct Professor Kevin Tan, NUS Law School&nbsp;<a class=\"link\" title=\"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/about_us\/faculty\/staff\/profileview.asp?UserID=lawtylk\" href=\"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/about_us\/faculty\/staff\/profileview.asp?UserID=lawtylk\" target=\"__blank\">https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/about_us\/faculty\/staff\/profileview.asp?UserID=lawtylk<\/a><br \/>\nProf Ang Peng Hwa, NTU Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information&nbsp;<a class=\"link\" title=\"https:\/\/research.ntu.edu.sg\/expertise\/academicprofile\/Pages\/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=TPHANG\" href=\"https:\/\/research.ntu.edu.sg\/expertise\/academicprofile\/Pages\/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=TPHANG\" target=\"__blank\">https:\/\/research.ntu.edu.sg\/expertise\/academicprofile\/Pages\/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=TPHANG<\/a><br \/>\nRemy Choo, Director, Peter Low &amp; Choo LLC&nbsp;<a class=\"link\" title=\"https:\/\/peterlowllc.com.sg\/index.php\/2019\/11\/25\/choo-zheng-xi-remy-profile\" href=\"https:\/\/peterlowllc.com.sg\/index.php\/2019\/11\/25\/choo-zheng-xi-remy-profile\" target=\"__blank\">https:\/\/peterlowllc.com.sg\/index.php\/2019\/11\/25\/choo-zheng-xi-remy-profile<\/a><br \/>\nModerator<br \/>\nBryan Tan, Partner, Pinsent Mason<br \/>\n<a class=\"link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pinsentmasons.com\/people\/bryan-tan?pageNumber=1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinsentmasons.com\/people\/bryan-tan?pageNumber=1\" target=\"__blank\">https:\/\/www.pinsentmasons.com\/people\/bryan-tan?pageNumber=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Graphics credits<br \/>\nMap by Vsion at en.wikipedia. &#8211; Own work; transferred from en.wikipedia using CommonsHelper., CC BY-SA 3.0,&nbsp;<a class=\"link\" title=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=10575226\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=10575226\" target=\"__blank\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=10575226<\/a><br \/>\nVoter image by&nbsp;<a class=\"link\" title=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/JK_HGZ-8424768\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/JK_HGZ-8424768\" target=\"__blank\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/JK_HGZ-8424768<\/a>&nbsp;JK_HGZ from Pixabay<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1582\" src=\"https:\/\/isocsg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/navigating-FBcover-faces-1024x536.png\" alt=\"navigating-FBcover-faces\" width=\"625\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isocsg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/navigating-FBcover-faces-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/isocsg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/navigating-FBcover-faces-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/isocsg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/navigating-FBcover-faces-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/isocsg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/navigating-FBcover-faces-624x327.png 624w, https:\/\/isocsg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/navigating-FBcover-faces.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This webinar on the new election laws in Singapore was 7 PM Singapore time, Wednesday 1 July 2020&nbsp; 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