The Online Citizen

The Online Citizen (founded in December 2006) is a community blogging platform involved in political activism in Singapore.[1] It describes itself as a group of advocacy journalists who report on topics not generally covered by the mainstream media.

In 2011, the Singapore Registry of Political Donations gazetted the platform as a political organization, noting that the editors of the website organized online and offline campaigns to change legislation and government policies.[2] Under the Political Donations Act, political entities cannot receive funds from foreign contributors[3] and anonymous contributions above SGD 5000.

In February 2018, TOC was de-gazetted as a "political association", as it is currently only run by one man – editor Terry Xu, who has been responsible for the development of content since 2011, when its core team of editors left.[4][5]

Founders and Editors

  • Andrew Loh (Founder)
  • Remy Choo Zheng Xi (Founder)
  • Joshua Chiang (Chief Editor - Past)
  • Kumaran Pillai (Chief Editor - Past)
  • Ravi Philemon (Chief Editor - Past)
  • Terry Xu (Executive Editor - Present)

References

  1. ↑ Nazry Bahrawi. 2011. Political blog turns the tables on ruling party. South China Morning Post, February 1.
  2. ↑ "The Online Citizen" gazetted as political association, Channel News Asia, 17 February 2011, retrieved on 31 December 2011
  3. ↑ Temasek Review to shut down after July, ChannelNewsAsia, 7 April 2011
  4. ↑ "The Online Citizen website and two other groups no longer considered political associations". The Straits Times. 9 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Online Citizen now a one-man show". The Straits Times. 3 March 2016.
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