 Advertising on the Internet was liberalized by the Government in time for the 2011 general elections . Two forms of political advertising on the Internet are permitted during parliamentary elections . First , during the election period – that is , the period between the day the writ of election is issued and the start of polling day – political parties , candidates or election agents may use the Internet to further candidates ' campaigns , including using websites , chat rooms or discussion forums , video and photograph sharing or hosting websites , e @-@ mail , micro @-@ blog posts ( such as Twitter ) , SMS and MMS messages , digital audio and video files , electronic media applications , and blogs and social networking services ( such as Facebook ) . Election advertising sent by e @-@ mail , micro @-@ blog post , SMS or MMS must contain a functioning e @-@ mail address or mobile phone number to enable recipients to indicate that they do not wish to receive further messages from the sender . 
