Is the online citizen riding into a cowboy town?

TNP PICTURE: Kua Chee Siong

COWBOY towns may be infamous for being rough and tough, but at least they have sheriffs to maintain law and order.

However, that's not the case online.

Some sites resemble the Gunfight at the OK Corral (the iconic gunfight in Arizona, US, in 1881), where netizens post lies, spark inflammatory comments and harass individuals.

In his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong underlined the need to engage Singaporeans online to foster online platforms that can labelled as reliable and balanced.