"Singapore Government says Washington Post article on online falsehoods law is ‘perpetuating false allegations’
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Government said on Monday (Dec 16) that US publication The Washington Post's refusal to publish its response in full means it is “perpetuating false allegations” in an article about Singapore's online falsehoods law.
The Washington Post article on Dec 2 discussed Singapore’s use of directives under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). It said Facebook had “for the first time complied with a controversial local law aimed at curbing misinformation” on a States Times Review article.
The article added that critics were worried that the law could have “a chilling effect on online free expression”, quoting Mr Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch's (HRW) deputy Asia director.
Five days after the article was published, Singapore's Ambassador to the US Ashok Kumar Mirpuri wrote a letter to the news outlet explaining Singapore's position. That letter was not published in full.
On Monday, the director of the information policy division at the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) wrote to the publisher of the Washington Post Fred Ryan and Mr Robertson.
In his letter to Mr Ryan, MCI's Mr Bernard Toh said that only a brief quote from Mr Mirpuri was included in the article, but it "ignored the crux of our response"."
It hardly surprised me that 1 of the USA newspapers will get involved with this use of POFMA.
The trouble is it is doing it the American way, n the WRONG way!
It should publish the Sgp official's letter in full.
Sgp didn't POFMAed FB Sgp. It POFMAed the FB page by the "offending alternative media based out of Australia. N FB Sgp was asked to insert the Correction Order (CO) as that Aussie owner refused to do so.
It is fair as POFMA does allowed such a CO to b inserted by the platform provider. Not sure what is the American complaining abt?
FB Sgp was not POFMAed!! Ya??
The original "fake news" r still online n not taken down as ths 4 POFMA COs issued tgus far were mere COs n NOT Take-Down Order!! Also none of them were deemed inciting hatreds or violence against anyone!!
So, chilled our American friends. Focused on your impeachment process of your potus!!
POFMA definitely has the risk of bring abused if the person given the authority (the Ministers alone) can pull the 1st trigger! Obviously not too much of an issue if the fake news present clear n present danger to Sgp security n peace as these can b accepted readily by Sgp people. It is those "i made an honest mistake" or "i was quoting data n info fr sources that r credible normally" or "i was deceived into believing it is TRUE!", etc. that can b troubling 4 normal folks n entities.
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Government said on Monday (Dec 16) that US publication The Washington Post's refusal to publish its response in full means it is “perpetuating false allegations” in an article about Singapore's online falsehoods law.
The Washington Post article on Dec 2 discussed Singapore’s use of directives under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). It said Facebook had “for the first time complied with a controversial local law aimed at curbing misinformation” on a States Times Review article.
The article added that critics were worried that the law could have “a chilling effect on online free expression”, quoting Mr Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch's (HRW) deputy Asia director.
Five days after the article was published, Singapore's Ambassador to the US Ashok Kumar Mirpuri wrote a letter to the news outlet explaining Singapore's position. That letter was not published in full.
On Monday, the director of the information policy division at the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) wrote to the publisher of the Washington Post Fred Ryan and Mr Robertson.
In his letter to Mr Ryan, MCI's Mr Bernard Toh said that only a brief quote from Mr Mirpuri was included in the article, but it "ignored the crux of our response"."
It hardly surprised me that 1 of the USA newspapers will get involved with this use of POFMA.
The trouble is it is doing it the American way, n the WRONG way!
It should publish the Sgp official's letter in full.
Sgp didn't POFMAed FB Sgp. It POFMAed the FB page by the "offending alternative media based out of Australia. N FB Sgp was asked to insert the Correction Order (CO) as that Aussie owner refused to do so.
It is fair as POFMA does allowed such a CO to b inserted by the platform provider. Not sure what is the American complaining abt?
FB Sgp was not POFMAed!! Ya??
The original "fake news" r still online n not taken down as ths 4 POFMA COs issued tgus far were mere COs n NOT Take-Down Order!! Also none of them were deemed inciting hatreds or violence against anyone!!
So, chilled our American friends. Focused on your impeachment process of your potus!!
POFMA definitely has the risk of bring abused if the person given the authority (the Ministers alone) can pull the 1st trigger! Obviously not too much of an issue if the fake news present clear n present danger to Sgp security n peace as these can b accepted readily by Sgp people. It is those "i made an honest mistake" or "i was quoting data n info fr sources that r credible normally" or "i was deceived into believing it is TRUE!", etc. that can b troubling 4 normal folks n entities.
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