30 April 2002

AUTHOR LAUNCHES BOOK ON INTERNET SURVEILLANCE


Singaporean author and human rights advocate James Gomez will launch his new book "Internet Politics: Surveillance and Intimidation in Singapore" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, examining how the the Internet is used by the government to conduct surveillance and by the citizens to practice "counter-surveillance."

The event will be held on 4 May 2004. Gomez will comment on how the aftermath of 11 September has seen a tightening of controls over communications media in Singapore.

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