Legal action tells people to speak responsibly: Lawyer

Following recent cases, some netizens and academics feel that taking the legal route is a step back in online engagement, and goes against the Government's promised ?light touch? approach to internet regulation. Social media expert and Singapore Management University's (SMU) assistant professor of corporate communication, Dr Michael Netzley remarked that: ?Politics can get people very charged, and politicians who find their reputations at stake can get? fired up.? He was worried that the legal action would ?risk driving people behind a cloak of anonymity?.