SINGAPORE- Facebook has been ordered by the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) office to disable access to the National Times Singapore (NTS) Facebook page for Singapore users, the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) said in a press statement issued on Saturday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE- Facebook has been ordered by the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act office to disable access to the National Times Singapore Facebook page for Singapore users, the Ministry of Communications and Information said in a press statement issued on Saturday .
"The NTS Facebook page, which is operated by Mr Alex Tan, has communicated at least three false statements of fact. It has not complied with the Pofma Direction that it was served with for a post published on 15 May 2020," said the MCI spokesman. The notice serves to warn visitors to the page of the falsehoods that are being communicated on the page.
On May 15, the National Times Singapore Facebook page published a post claiming that"every criticism has been outlawed by the Singapore Government through its new Pofma legislation, where the politicians in power get to decide what is truth".
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