"SINGAPORE: Legislation to tackle deliberate online falsehoods will be introduced in Parliament on Monday (Apr 1), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Friday (Mar 29).
Speaking at a gala dinner celebrating the 20th anniversary of CNA, Mr Lee said the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill will be introduced for first reading in Parliament. This comes after the Government accepted the proposals from the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods, which included legislation to tackle the problem.
The new Bill will give the Government the power to hold online news sources and platforms accountable if they proliferate deliberate online falsehoods, he said.
“This includes requiring them to show corrections or display warnings about online falsehoods so that readers or viewers can see all sides and make up their own minds about the matter."
“In extreme and urgent cases, the legislation will also require online news sources to take down fake news before irreparable damage is done,” the prime minister said."
All is well, n well intentioned. These Online Falsehood laws.
One thing i may be a bit confused when PM Lee said: "This includes requiring them to show corrections or display warnings about online falsehoods so that readers or viewers can see all sides and make up their own minds about the matter."
Is that intuitive? R we demanding ALL news creators to put up at least 2 arguments or 2 points of views when reporting news?
It will b interesting to see what form the laws eventually take.
The main concern of the critically minded is that this type of laws must NOT become a legal way to silence responsible criticisms of the power-that-be.
By the way, we r actually talking abt "lies" when we said: "fake news" right? If so, let's just call it: lies! Aren't Sgp good at calling a spade a spade?
Speaking at a gala dinner celebrating the 20th anniversary of CNA, Mr Lee said the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill will be introduced for first reading in Parliament. This comes after the Government accepted the proposals from the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods, which included legislation to tackle the problem.
The new Bill will give the Government the power to hold online news sources and platforms accountable if they proliferate deliberate online falsehoods, he said.
“This includes requiring them to show corrections or display warnings about online falsehoods so that readers or viewers can see all sides and make up their own minds about the matter."
“In extreme and urgent cases, the legislation will also require online news sources to take down fake news before irreparable damage is done,” the prime minister said."
All is well, n well intentioned. These Online Falsehood laws.
One thing i may be a bit confused when PM Lee said: "This includes requiring them to show corrections or display warnings about online falsehoods so that readers or viewers can see all sides and make up their own minds about the matter."
Is that intuitive? R we demanding ALL news creators to put up at least 2 arguments or 2 points of views when reporting news?
It will b interesting to see what form the laws eventually take.
The main concern of the critically minded is that this type of laws must NOT become a legal way to silence responsible criticisms of the power-that-be.
By the way, we r actually talking abt "lies" when we said: "fake news" right? If so, let's just call it: lies! Aren't Sgp good at calling a spade a spade?
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