SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan said that the shutdown of the socio-political website, Breakfast Network “is perhaps a not so subtle, counter-intuitive shift towards more regulation for social and political commentary.” He commented that this is not censorship but “rather, it seeks to regulate as much as it can without being seen as censorious. This is notwithstanding perceptions to the contrary.” On the other hand, Academic Director of SMU Executive Development Dr Michael Netzley saw it as a “straightforward case” of requirements being applied. He said: “If the next step was taken to pursue the blogger and assert that MDA’s requirement is being skirted via Facebook and the blog, then this would raise my attention very quickly. But right now that is not the case.” Dr Netzley added that “perhaps there are good arguments to support this distinction [between a personally-run website and a blog or a Facebook page]. So considering the changes we have seen since the 2011 general elections, a bit more discussion and public input would perhaps be a well-balanced approach to this somewhat thorny issue.”