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What stood out for me in the debate over the fake news Bill, POFMA? How the WP MPs were courageous to raise real life examples of how a government could put out falsehoods and how this POFMA law may not hold them accountable. First was Pritam Singh raising the 1987 case of the government-claimed "Marxist conspiracy" against... 

I was in parliament yesterday expecting the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation bill to be passed. The absence of so many PAP ministers and MPs however cast a doubt in my mind. Wouldn’t they want a full house to vote for the bill? It would be a great censorship tool for them when the general election nears? From... 

“The Bill, therefore, recognises that platforms that are closed are not necessarily private. They can be used not only for personal and private communications but also to communicate with hundreds or thousands of strangers at a time.” So exactly how does a small encrypted closed private discussion group become a platform...