A District Court of the Criminal Justice Division in Singapore sentenced the owner and editor of an online social media website to ten months' imprisonment after the owner pleaded guilty to charges of sedition. The website hosted anonymous articles and comments that included language spreading hatred towards foreigners and between different racial groups. The Court held that it was in the public interest to impose a custodial sentence as the website had engendered "vitriol and hatred" (para. 5), and noted that individuals should not hide behind the "anonymity of cyberspace" in their attempts to promote hatred (para. 2). Columbia Global Freedom of Expression notes that some of the information contained in this report was derived from secondary sources.