
A | Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced that his government plans to repeal a colonial-era ‘anti-homosexuality’ law, with LGBT activists hailing the move as "a win for humanity".,Section 377A of the penal code criminalizes “any act of gross indecency” by a male person “with another male person.” While rarely applied, nevertheless, the law carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison.,The PM said that abolishing the law was “the right thing to do, and something that most Singaporeans will accept".,Fascinating speech by Singapore’s Prime Minister on why the city-state is finally decriminalising homosexuality. https://t.co/3dMM4XLTkM— John Zerilli (@JohnZerilli) August 21, 2022,In his annual national day rally speech on Sunday, the politician noted that "gay people are now better accepted.",According to Lee Hsien Loong, the "controlled, carefully considered way" to repeal Section 377A (S377A) of the Penal Code would bring the laws of the country that was a British colony until 1959 in line with "current social mores, and I hope, provide some relief to gay Singaporeans".,Nevertheless, there are no plans to change the legal definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman, contained in the Interpretation Act and the Women’s Charter, Lee Hsien Loong said.,“But it will also keep what I believe most Singaporeans still want, and that is to retain the basic family structure of marriage between a man and a woman, within which we have and raise our children," the PM told the gathering at the Institute of Technical Education headquarters at Ang Mo Kio.,As the law currently stands, this definition can be challenged in the courts, according to Lee. So Singapore plans to amend its Constitution to enshrine the definition of marriage, Lee Hsien Loong said on August 21.,“I do not think that for Singapore, the courts are the right forum to decide such issues," he added.,After the speech, the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) underscored in a statement that media content will continue to warrant higher age ratings, referencing prevailing societal norms and values.,"(MCI) reaffirms the government’s position that the repeal of S377A does not mean that we are changing the tone of society," it said in the statement.,Colonial-Era Legislation,Singapore’s law, which technically criminalizes sex between men but is seen as, effectively, a ban on homosexuality, dates to 1938 and was retained after independence.,While there have been no known convictions for sex between consenting adult males for decades, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and LGBTQ groups have brought multiple legal challenges against the law, but failed.,Singapore’s High Court first ruled to uphold the anti-homosexuality law in 2014, but a decision by India’s High Court in 2018 to ditch the provision prompted Singaporean activists to issue a new challenge.,WorldIndia Decriminalizes Gay Sex6 September 2018, 09:34 GMT,Nevertheless, in March 2020, the High Court upheld Section 377A of the penal code.,“In declining to strike out this archaic and discriminatory law, the Court has reaffirmed that all gay men in Singapore are effectively un-apprehended criminals,” Téa Braun, director of international LGBT legal support group Human Dignity Trust (HDT), said at the time.,Accordingly, the announcement by the Prime Minister was haled buy a coalition of LGBT rights groups as a "hard-won victory and a triumph of love over fear".,A global financial hub and home to multinational companies, Singapore is known for conservative values. The multi-racial and multi-religious society of 5.5 million has a predominantly ethnic Chinese population, as well as sizeable Malay and Indian minorities, according to the 2020 census.,About approximately 33.2 % of the population are Buddhist, 18.8 % Christian, 14 % Muslim.,Over the past few years it has developed a visible LGBT scene. LGBT activists annually hold the island's biggest civil society rally, known as Pink Dot. LGBT activists had long demanded that 377A, which continues to exist in many parts of Asia, Africa and Oceania,be scrapped.。 【TechWeb】据外媒报道,欧盟委员会正式宣布对中国电商巨头阿里巴巴旗下跨境电商平台速卖通处以 5.5 亿欧元(约合 6.3 亿美元)的巨额罚款。这一金额刷新了自 2022 年《数字服务法》(DSA)落地以来的处罚纪录,矛头直指平台在假冒伪劣及不安全商品管控上的长期缺位。 此次处罚源于欧盟去年 3 月启动的专项调查。监管核查发现,速卖通平台存在大量不符合欧盟安全及环保规范的商品,涉及不合格玩具、违规化妆品等高风险品类。更深层的隐患在于平台的机制漏洞:非法商品下架往往滞后数周,且违规商品在被删除前仍被算法持续推荐;品牌授权审核环节因人手不足而形同虚设,违规商家极易规避监管,甚至出现下架商品反复上架的现象。欧盟数字事务专员 Henna Virkkunen 强调,此次处罚旨在倒逼平台系统性化解线上消费风险,罚款金额综合考量了违规性质、波及 1.93 亿欧盟用户的广泛影响及持续时间。

B | 横向对比可见欧盟监管趋严之势:此前马斯克旗下社交平台 X 被罚 1.2 亿欧元,拼多多旗下 Temu 被罚 2 亿欧元,速卖通此次罚单金额不仅远超两者,更创下历史新高。作为速卖通全球最大市场,欧盟对中国出海平台监管日益收紧,目前速卖通、SHEIN、Temu 三大平台在欧盟用户规模庞大,均被划定为“超大型线上平台”,处于 DSA 的严格监管之下。 针对此次重罚,速卖通官方回应称该处罚金额“不成比例”,未能客观反映平台已搭建的合规体系与整改努力,目前正在评估上诉等应对途径。

C | 市场分析认为,此次标志性处罚将显著推高中国跨境电商在欧运营的合规成本,迫使平台全面升级从商品审核到算法推荐的全链路风控体系,中欧跨境电商的监管博弈恐将进一步加剧。
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