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Recently, it was reported in the news that the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods had released its report of recommendations to deal with threat fake news poses to Singapore. In preparing its report, the Committee also sought the views of the public. 170 written representations as well as 65 oral representations... 

The Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods has put up 22 recommendations. Here are five quick takeaways. One: There isn’t even a definition First, the glaring omission is that there isn’t even a definition of what constitutes deliberate online falsehoods. The committee only goes so far as to say that such falsehoods... 

Singapore exile, Tan Wah Piow, PM Mahathir and Malaysian activist Hishammuddin Rais When your government attacks your fellow citizen with such voraciousness, you have to think carefully about whether this government is a government you want to put your life and children's lives into. We can try to pretend and tell ourselves...