SPH welcomes proposed law to deal with online falsehoods

released today that it welcomes the proposed law tabled in Parliament this week giving the Government the authority to determine what are online falsehoods and how to deal with such matters.

In a statement published on The Straits Times website, SPH said that even though it wishes the authority to determine what is an online falsehood had been given to an independent body, it “welcomes the Government’s draft legislation to deal decisively with the challenge of deliberate online falsehoods”.

There are close ties between the directors of SPH and the Singapore Government. S. R. Nathan, Director of the Security and Intelligence Division and later President of Singapore, served as SPH’s Executive chairman from 1982 to 1988. A US diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks several years ago caused a stir after it quoted former ST bureau chief for the US as saying that SPH’s “editors have all been groomed as pro-government supporters and are careful to ensure that reporting of local events adheres closely to the official line”.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

So like ST to say! 😡🤬🤬

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