Since then, Facebook, Google, eBay and Yahoo (which was affected by the new scheme), have sent collectively sent a letter to the Minister of Communications and Information via the Asia Internet Coalition (AIC).
The AIC was formed by these four companies in order to "promote the understanding and resolution of Internet policy issues in the Asia Pacific region".
The letter says that the new regulation could "unintentionally hamper Singapore’s ability to continue to drive innovation" in the country's aim to establish itself as a cloud computing and data analytics hub in the region, as well as calling the regulation "unwarranted and excessive" as well as "ambiguous and onerous".
Yahoo, Facebook, Google and eBay weigh in on Singapore's online censorship law
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