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SINGAPORE – Historian Thum Ping Tjin has been asked to put up corrections to a video in which he asserted that Singapore’s fake news law renders all criticism of the Government illegal.
Describing this claim and several others as false and misleading, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office on Wednesday (May 13) issued corrections directions to Dr Thum as well as the New Naratif a website he founded.
Dr Thum had posted the video on New Naratif’s YouTube channel on May 8 as part of his online video series The Show With PJ Thum, in which he analyses and criticises various government policies and actions.
Under the correction direction, initiated by Minister for Law K. Shanmugam, Dr Thum will have to run a correction notice alongside the video that provides a link to the facts on the Government’s fact-checking website Factually.
The Law Ministry noted in a statement that the video itself will remain fully accessible to the public.
“Thus, members of the public will be in a position to view the video, read the correction notice and clarifications, and come to their own conclusions,” it said.
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