Media Literary Council formed, Internet code of conduct on the horizon?

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After months of trying to cajole and persuade Internet practitioners to create a "ground-up" code of conduct (COC) for online discourse, the Government has taken a tentative step towards making this happen, even as bloggers continue to reject such a code.

The authorities will form a 21-member Media Literacy Council (MLC), headed by senior counsel Tan Cheng Han, on 1 August. The council members include academics, heads of various organisations, and one blogger. Mr Tan was also the deputy chairman of the Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS) in 2007.

The MLC members will be appointed by the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica), Dr Yaacob Ibrahim.

The council "will be supported by the resources from the Media Development Authority (MDA) in its role as secretariat to the council", the MLC says in a press release on Tuesday. The MDA's National Internet Advisory Committee and the Parents Advisory Group for the Internet will serve in a more advisory capacity.