"Select Committee makes 22 recommendations to deal with fake news threats to Singapore
SINGAPORE: The Select Committee tasked to look into the problem of combating deliberate online falsehoods has made 22 recommendations to deal with the issue, saying in its report released on Thursday (Sep 20) that Singapore has “been the subject of foreign, state-sponsored disinformation operations”.
In the voluminous report, numbering hundreds of pages, the committee detailed the process through which it sought the views of industry players and the public, which include 170 written representations. Oral representations from 65 individuals and organisations were also heard during the eight-day public hearings in March this year.
It was also given a confidential briefing by a security agency which provided information that “Singapore has indeed been the subject of foreign, state-sponsored disinformation campaigns”.
It is also aware of the “valid and important” concerns involving the impact of such intervention on free speech, and proposed for “calibrated interventions and legal and institutional safeguards”.
With these in mind, the committee recommended 22 measures to achieve the following objectives:
- Nurture an informed public
- Reinforce social cohesion and trust
- Promote fact-checking
- Disrupt online falsehoods
- Deal with threats to national security and sovereignty"
Well, it is out. Finally. Not forgetting the unforgettable n regrettable 6hrs "Minister Shanmugan n Dr PJ Thum" (whose academic credentials had been discredited n no weight is given to his inpu (as stated by the select committee)?) "debate"!!
Before this was released, the gov's Factually website published rebuttal of "falsehood" on ministerial salaries (total packages), including PM's actual fixed n variable pay.
I guessed the public just hv to accept the official channels information n disregard any individual independent research results lest they were deemed "falsehood" becoz officially none of these can claim authenticity besides the official versions!!
Hopefully the OFFICIAL version is bold sometimes to reveal sensitive information as long as national security, racial n religious harmony, n legitimate privacy issues r taken care of.
No falsehood fr all!!
SINGAPORE: The Select Committee tasked to look into the problem of combating deliberate online falsehoods has made 22 recommendations to deal with the issue, saying in its report released on Thursday (Sep 20) that Singapore has “been the subject of foreign, state-sponsored disinformation operations”.
In the voluminous report, numbering hundreds of pages, the committee detailed the process through which it sought the views of industry players and the public, which include 170 written representations. Oral representations from 65 individuals and organisations were also heard during the eight-day public hearings in March this year.
It was also given a confidential briefing by a security agency which provided information that “Singapore has indeed been the subject of foreign, state-sponsored disinformation campaigns”.
It is also aware of the “valid and important” concerns involving the impact of such intervention on free speech, and proposed for “calibrated interventions and legal and institutional safeguards”.
With these in mind, the committee recommended 22 measures to achieve the following objectives:
- Nurture an informed public
- Reinforce social cohesion and trust
- Promote fact-checking
- Disrupt online falsehoods
- Deal with threats to national security and sovereignty"
Well, it is out. Finally. Not forgetting the unforgettable n regrettable 6hrs "Minister Shanmugan n Dr PJ Thum" (whose academic credentials had been discredited n no weight is given to his inpu (as stated by the select committee)?) "debate"!!
Before this was released, the gov's Factually website published rebuttal of "falsehood" on ministerial salaries (total packages), including PM's actual fixed n variable pay.
I guessed the public just hv to accept the official channels information n disregard any individual independent research results lest they were deemed "falsehood" becoz officially none of these can claim authenticity besides the official versions!!
Hopefully the OFFICIAL version is bold sometimes to reveal sensitive information as long as national security, racial n religious harmony, n legitimate privacy issues r taken care of.
No falsehood fr all!!
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