TraceTogether check-ins not yet mandatory despite earlier announcement it will be by December last year

Authorities have told retailers to not implement mandatory TraceTogether (TT)-only check-ins at…

Malaysia’s Internet regulator MCMC bought Twitter account from a teen — but failed to delete old tweets

The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) came under fire recently after…

Malaysia Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says “civilian government will continue to function” after King assents to state of emergency until 1 August

Less than half a day after Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that…

Progress Singapore Party questions whether TraceTogether data fit for use in investigating terrorism-related offences

The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) has questioned the fitness of COVID-19 contact…

S’pore population “being conditioned to accept greater surveillance”, says Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh

The Singapore population is “being conditioned to accept greater surveillance”, and such…

Ministers now claim having said TraceTogether data can be used beyond contact tracing purposes — but past records show otherwise

Singapore’s Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan revealed in Parliament…

Netizens slam govt lack of transparency in TraceTogether data use; highlight potential pitfalls

TraceTogether data would be used by the police in cases involving “very…

“False promises”: S’pore netizens slam govt for going back on assurance that TraceTogether to be used only for COVID-19 contact tracing

The Government’s decision to allow police to obtain data from its COVID-19…

EIU senior editor Sudhir Vadaketh critiques ST editor’s article on racism, says ST must have “gumption to tackle head-on the racism of Lee Kuan Yew and the PAP”

If The Straits Times and one of its editors Chua Mui Hoong…

MediShield Life Premiums set to increase by 35 per cent following review of national health insurance scheme

MediShield Life premiums are set to increase by 35 per cent next…