Legislation
Shanmugam’s justification that POFMA creates greater democracy is not convincing
In an interview with Diana Ser, Minister for Law and Home Affairs, K Shanmugam said that the Protection from Online...
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Permanent secretaries to be given powers to issue POFMA orders during election
The permanent secretaries for all 16 ministries will be given the authority to issue orders under the Protection from Online...
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M’sia seeks public opinion in drafting COVID-19 temporary measures Bill
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA -- Malaysia is seeking to introduce a COVID-19 Temporary Measures Bill as a means to alleviate the...
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Is the Singapore Government going on a “blocking merry go round” with Alex Tan’s Facebook pages with POFMA?
Authorities in Singapore have used an online misinformation law to either instruct platforms online to insert warnings next to posts...
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Instead of stopping genuine fake news, does POFMA have the potential chilling effect of numbing down local government critics for asking inconvenient questions or proffering "non-kosher" opinions?
Ambassador to the United States of America (USA) for Singapore, Ashok Mirpuri has in a letter, dated 21 May, to...
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Proposed amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act could unwittingly create loopholes for such data and law to be legally misused
According to a joint press release by the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and the Personal Data Protection Commission...
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New Naratif complies with POFMA correction direction–but will contest directive through "appropriate channels"
Southeast Asian journalism platform New Naratif on Friday (15 May) said that it has complied with a correction direction (CD)...
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POFMA Office issues correction directions to Thum Ping Tjin, New Naratif on video about POFMA scope
The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office on Wednesday (13 May) issued correction directions (CD) to historian...
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NMP voiced concerns over weaker mandate with a lower voter turnout; Chan Chun Sing refutes, saying that the COVID-19 Election Bill "allows more voters to vote"
It is uncertain that the current form of Parliamentary Elections (COVID-19 Special Arrangements) Bill is truly sufficient to protect the...
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Why the double standard between how army barracks and migrant worker dormitories are built, asks Dr Imran Tajudeen
The Working Group who formulated the Technical Reference (TR) of 2014, which contains several good "recommended practices" for worker dormitories,...
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