SINGAPORE: After the platform disobeyed a correction order from the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act ( POFMA ) Office, Internet service providers in Singapore will be ordered to block access to the academic website East Asia Forum, which is based in Australia.
This was made public by the Ministry of Communications and Information ( MCI ) on Saturday, September 16, three days after the POFMA order was sent to the East Asia Forum.
According to MCI,” The Access Blocking Orders require internet access service companies to deny close people in Singapore access to the East Asia Forum’s site, where the untruths are communicated.”
The promises made in an article by Dr. Ying-Kit Chan from the National University of Singapore titled” A spate of crises strikes Singapore” are the subject of the POFMA order. & nbsp,
According to the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday, the article makes false claims about issues like the independence of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau( CPIB ) and the strategy used by Premier Lee Hsien Loong to address extramarital affairs among parliamentarians. & nbsp,
East Asia Forum must submit a correction realize at the top of each article and the home page of the website in accordance with the POFMA order. & nbsp,
As of 12.30 p.m. on Saturday, East Asia Forum had hardly done so. At the conclusion of the author’s comment section, at the bottom, on the website, it had rather posted a link to an official statement.
The chancellor may revoke the Access Blocking Orders if East Asia Forum later satisfies all of the Correction Direction’s requirements, according to MCI. & nbsp,
Separately, Indranee Rajah, the minister in charge of the prime minister’s office, has given the POFMA Office instructions to specifically correct the East Asia Forum essay on Facebook. & nbsp,
Facebook customers in Singapore who access the East Asia Forum post that shared the post on August 18 will need to submit a adjustment notice, according to Meta.
After & nbsp, Asia Sentinel did not carry a correction notice in accordance with requirements, Singapore last moved to block an online publication for failing to comply with an POFMA order in June.
The Asia Sentinel article, which included an interview with the & nbsp, the author of a commentary critical of Singapore’s management of KTV lounges during the COVID-19 pandemic, contained several falsehoods, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs in May.
Singapore continues to block access to the California-registered release.