This is a list of websites that are blocked in Singapore. Under the responsibility of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), these websites are mainly unlicensed gambling, pimping (known as vice related activities), copyright infringement/piracy, and for spreading falsehoods. Some websites may be blocked as suspected scam websites.[1] However, websites that are blocked in Singapore are easily circumvented by a DNS change without the need to use a VPN.[2]

As of 2019, there were 202 vice-related websites blocked by Singaporean authorities.[3]

Table of blocked websites

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2021)
Site name Domain or URL Type of site Reason Applicable law Implementation date Ref
Ashley Madison ashleymadison.com online dating service "promotes and facilitates extramarital affairs" November 2013 [4]
Asia Sentinel asiasentinel.com America-based blog about Asia "not complying with POFMA correction direction" POFMA 2 June 2023 [5]
Lawyers for Liberty lawyersforliberty.org human rights NGO "non-compliance" with a correction direction issued against a statement on its website POFMA 23 January 2020 [6]
The Pirate Bay thepiratebay.org BitTorrent index of digital content copyright infringing/piracy Copyright Act May 2018 [7]
Playboy playboy.com American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine nudity 1996 [8]
Pornhub pornhub.com pornography video sharing site Blocked due to pornography Unknown [9]
Redtube redtube.com pornography video sharing site "symbolic statement" of the country's societal values May 2018 [10]
Solarmovie Solarmovie.ph BitTorrent index of digital content copyright infringing/piracy Copyright Act February 2016 [7][11]
States Times Review Socio-political website defamation of Singapore government POFMA November 2018 [12][13]
YouPorn youporn.com pornography video sharing site "symbolic statement" of the country's societal values May 2018 [10]
KickassTorrents BitTorrent index of digital content copyright infringing/piracy Copyright Act May 2018 [7]

References

  1. ^ cue (5 March 2023). "Fake ST, Zaobao and CNA news sites that promote gambling detected and blocked | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ "53 piracy websites just got blocked in Singapore, but it won't faze the internet-savvy - Coconuts". coconuts.co. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ "202 vice websites blocked by police and IMDA so far: Shanmugam". sg.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ "MDA blocks access to Ashley Madison website". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Singapore to block Asia Sentinel website for not complying with POFMA correction direction". CNA. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Government orders that Lawyers for Liberty's website be blocked in Singapore". CNA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b c hermes (21 May 2018). "53 piracy websites blocked in battle to curb copyright breach". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  8. ^ Loo, Gregory (14 October 2015). "Is Playboy set for Singapore after dropping nude pictures? MDA says..." The New Paper. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Singaporeans last almost 10 minutes watching porn: Study | Coconuts Singapore". Coconuts. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Singapore bans two porn websites in symbolic move". Reuters. 23 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  11. ^ hermesauto (16 February 2016). "Solarmovie.ph is first piracy website to be blocked under amended Copyright Act". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  12. ^ "States Times Review to close down after getting blocked in S'pore by authorities". mothership.sg. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  13. ^ "States Times Review website live again after being blocked by Singapore government". 12 November 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

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