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SINGAPORE – The National Times Singapore Facebook page has been asked to put up corrections to a post in which multiple false and misleading statements were made about the scope and application of the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma).
Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam instructed the Pofma Office on Wednesday (May 27) to issue a correction direction to the Facebook page, run by Mr Alex Tan, and a targeted correction direction issued to Facebook.
The Ministry of Law said in a separate statement on Wednesday this was the seventh occasion in which correction directions under Pofma have been issued against a Facebook page run by Mr Tan, “who has repeatedly and deliberately conveyed falsehoods affecting the public interest”.
The Pofma directives would require the Facebook page to publish a correction notice. Facebook would also be required to communicate the correction notice to all users in Singapore who access the falsehood through its platform.
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