POFMA directive to be issued to Twitter over Jolovan Wham's post about Shanmugam's … – CNA

SINGAPORE: The Minister for Home Affairs has instructed the POFMA (Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act) Office to issue a targeted correction direction to Twitter, following Mr Jolovan Wham’s non-compliance with a correction order issued to him on Friday (Oct 8), said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday. Under the targeted correction direction, Twitter is required to alert users who have seen Mr Wham’s tweet that it contains false claims about Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam’s views on the rule of law. Mr Wham’s tweet on Oct 6 “communicated the falsehood that the Minister for Home Affairs adopts the view that the rule of law does not operate anywhere in the real world, including in Singapore”, said MHA. The latest directive comes after MHA said on Friday that it was aware of “falsehoods” circulated online by Mr Wham, which “misrepresented” what Mr Shanmugam had said in Parliament on Oct 4. A correction direction was issued to Mr Wham on Friday, requiring Mr Wham to publish the correction notice on his online platform. “The minister had repeatedly affirmed, in Parliament, the importance of the rule of law for Singapore and the Government’s strong and continued commitment…
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