Singapore’s Internet service providers have been given a warning over what they claim is incompatible with the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act ( POFMA ) Office’s ( POFMA ) correction order.
The Ministry of Digital Development and Information ( MDDI) and Prime Minister’s Office ( PMO ) announced this on Friday ( Jan 24 ), two days after the POFMA order was issued.
Wednesday’s get refers to an essay on Jan 14, titled” Singapore’s new prime minister entangled in ancient politicians”. The PMO said , it contained misleading claims about the government’s leadership.
Singapore has previously blocked exposure to the East Asia Forum twice because of a POFMA buy, the first of which was in September 2023.
According to MDDI and PMO on Friday,” the adjustment way issued to East Asia Forum on January 22, 2025, required the information to be displayed along with the lies to enable end-users in Singapore to learn both types and create their own judgments.”
East Asia Forum has no followed the instructions that were sent to it, despite three messages to follow the correction’s instructions.
When the program adheres with the “full requirements of the modification direction,” they added, access blocking orders may be canceled.
East Asia Forum is required to issue revision notices for the Jan 14 content, as well as for the social media platforms where the content was reposted, in accordance with the law. It must also offer a link to the president’s explanation.
CNA uncovered a report made at noon on Friday that East Asia Forum had posted a adjustment see claiming the content contained falsehoods at the bottom of the article. The notice also contained a connection to the president’s Factually post stating the government’s explanation.  ,
A response stating East Asia Forum’s position on the matter and why it disagreed with the POFMA attempt was included in the correction see.  ,
East Asia Forum was required to post a correction realize at the top of the content and the website’s main page in response to the 2023 adjustment way.
On Friday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah even instructed the POFMA office to challenge targeted adjustment way finds to Meta Platforms, Linked In, and X.
” This follows East Asia Forum’s failure to carry the correction notice in its Facebook, Linked In, and X posts linking to the same article”, said MDDI and PMO.
” Meta Platforms, Linked In, and X will be required to communicate a correction notice to all end-users in Singapore who had accessed, or will access, the content”.