The complex question of POFMA
Picture this: 1) A man says, “I love you”. That is what the eye sees. 2) Then, the camera zooms out a little, and what is revealed is the beads of sweat running down from the man’s forehead with what seems like a gun pointed to his right temple. Question: Did he mean it (when he said I love you)? 3) And the camera zooms...
Who will be the next victim?
This notorious law, POFMA or Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, passed with much 'wayang' in May 2019, has claimed its third victim, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday. I hope the party will give the Minister of Manpower Josephine Teo a good fight. In a matter of three weeks, our million dollar...
Rather than invoke POFMA, wouldn’t it be better if MOM can come out and clarify?
In the recent POFMA episode directed at SDP, the government claims there are factual errors on the SDP’s part as it states that the number of local PMET’s has been increasing not decreasing. But let’s drill down a little into that blanket surface claim. As of end 2018, Singapore demographic data states that there was...
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