On 12 July, Singapore-based online publication Mothership published an article, titled ‘Nearly 400,000 S’poreans have at least S$500,000 in CPF accounts, 100 are aged 35 & below’, which revealed details of Central Provident Fund’s (CPF) Annual Report 2020. The article mentioned that close to 400,000 Singaporeans have at least half a million in their CPF … Read more
General correction directions under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office have been issued to Facebook, Twitter and SPH Magazines over falsehoods about an “unknown variant of COVID-19 originated in Singapore”. In a statement on Thursday (20 May), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said it is aware of a false statement circulating … Read more
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to issue general correction directions (CDs) to Facebook, Twitter and SPH Magazines on Thursday (20 May), over a false statement about an “unknown variant of COVID-19 originated in Singapore”. In a statement, the Ministry of Health (MOH) noted … Read more
The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal has made dubious claims on his Twitter account that “a new variant of coronavirus found in Singapore is being said to be very dangerous for children”. He further declared that this new strain in Singapore could usher in the third wave (of COVID-19) in India. As Mr Kejriwal made … Read more
The Minister for Transport, Ong Ye Kung has instructed the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to issue a Correction Direction (CD) to Singapore Incidents in relation to its Facebook and Instagram posts on 5 May 2021. Both posts contained a video showing a large number of travellers from South Asia arriving at Changi Airport. The video … Read more
Second Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo (Ms Teo) has said in Parliament that the Government was studying “legislative levers” that will allow it to obtain information to investigate if it considers that there are hostile information campaigns to interfere in Singapore’s domestic policies Given that the Government already has far-reaching … Read more
As readers will be aware, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office had issued two Correction Directions (CDs) to The Online Citizen Asia (TOCA) during the General Election (GE) campaign period. The first CD was related to whether or not Dr Cheong Koon Hean suggested that Singapore’s population would increase to 10 … Read more
Minister Lawrence Wong has rejected The Online Citizen Asia’s (TOCA) application to cancel the correction direction issued on 4 July, the Ministry of National Development informed the publication via email on Wednesday (22 July). In a statement on 4 July, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office stated that Ow Foong Pheng … Read more
Minister Josephine Teo has rejected The Online Citizen Asia’s (TOCA) application to cancel the correction direction issued on 5 July, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) informed the publication via email on Wednesday (22 July). In a statement on 5 July, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office stated that Aubeck Kam – … Read more
Kenneth Jeyaretnam from the Reform Party (RP) has called upon the Elections Department (ELD) to issue a “Stop Communication Direction” under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). He sent a letter to the ELD on Tuesday (7 July). In his letter, he stated that during the televised national broadcast for Ang Mo … Read more