#POFMA

[xinguozhi]

脱裤放屁

殷素素     2024-7-26 对付国内的批评声，用POFMA用得如火如荼，不亦乐乎。来到对应国际上的噪音，尽管不痛不痒，不动用FICA的话，或许小辫就被人捉着了，所以完全是为了逻辑上的完整性而为之。 近月，人民行动党政府做了两件既无聊又脱裤放屁的事。说脱裤放屁是因为这两件事如果不做的话，也没人胆敢去质疑，毕竟媒体都是他家的。然而，如果慢三拍去做的话，反倒让人怀疑其目的和凸显的双重标准。 为了应对互联网的全新形势，多年前尚穆根的内政部掷出了FICA和POFMA的双撒手锏，虽然尚穆根信誓旦旦说这做法不是为了限制言论自由，但是却引起新加坡以外各界的怀疑。根据官方的说法： 1、《防止网络假信息和防止网络操纵法》(Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation…

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[sangrialuvr]

hi sgtuals so This Just Happened.

[humanrightsupdates]

Singapore Doubles Down on Executions

The Singaporean government since mid-April has issued at least four execution notices to individuals convicted of drug-related offenses. They are among 36 death row prisoners taking part in a legal action relating to their constitutional right to legal aid following appeal. None of these prisoners currently have legal representation.

The executions of these prisoners have been put on hold, awaiting the outcome of the court application.

But the Singaporean government remains determined to use the death penalty, even as the global trend is towards abolition. On May 8, Singapore’s home minister, K. Shanmugam, announced that the Post-Appeal in Capital Cases Act (PACC), which was passed in 2022, would imminently come into force. This law will severely curtail prisoners’ ability to appeal their convictions and further undermine fair trial and due process rights in capital cases in Singapore.

In his address, in which he defended the country’s use of capital punishment as an “effective” deterrent, the home minister hit out at Singapore’s anti-death penalty activists, who have long been the target of government harassment and intimidation. He publicly named five anti-death penalty advocates, including a media outlet, who because of their activism have previously been subject to orders under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), a law that gives the government broad discretionary powers to censor online content.

The Singaporean government has a track record of silencing and intimidating opponents of the death penalty. Last year, the authorities suspended the law license of prominent human rights lawyer M. Ravi for five years: the maximum sanction for a lawyer’s misconduct. He was accused of making “grave and baseless accusations of improper conduct” on Facebook against the attorney-general, after M. Ravi managed to have the death sentence of his client, Malaysian national Gobi Avedian, set aside on the grounds of miscarriage of justice.

[ictlsg23]

SESSION 5. ANTI-HARASSMENT AND CYBERSTALKING LEGISLATION

OPTIONAL REFERENCE: L&T BOOK CHAPTER 10

Anti-Harassment and Cyberstalking Laws: The Protection from Harassment Act was passed in Parliament on 14 March 2014. The purpose and effects of the Act will be examined. In particular, the effects of (anti-)social behaviour online and the objectives of the PHA in dealing with such acts will be considered. For example, trolling, cyber-bullying and cyber-vigilantism (involving doxxing) will be considered. What is the ambit of coverage of the provisions for non-direct and secondary subjects of harassment? For example, close emotional connection or physical proximity? What should be the extent of the scope?

What were the significant changes to the PHA in the latest amendments? Do the scope of the PHA extend “person” to include non-legal entities, private and/or public; both as perpetrator and victim?

False Statements of Fact (Part 3 Div. 2 [previously section 15 only]): Consider the series of appeals in the Ting Choon Meng case. What is the purpose and effect of this part of the Act? Compare and contrast it to POFMA and its progeny. (not required for COR2226)

Cases: (for general reference only, not required for COR2226)

Attorney-General v Ting Choon Meng and Another [2017] SGCA 06 (harassment, parties)

Ting Choon Meng v Attorney-General and Another [2015] SGHC 315 (harassment, parties)

Attorney-General v Lee Kwai Hou Howard, et al [2015] SGDC 114 (harassment, parties)

Malcomson Nicholas Hugh Bertram and Another v Naresh Kumar Mehta[2001] SGHC 308 (harassment)

Required Readings:

Goh Yihan, Yip Man, The Protection from Harassment Act 2014 [2014] 26 SAcLJ 700

Chan Wing Cheong, The New Offence of ‘Unlawful Stalking’ in Singapore (2014) 26 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 333 – 353

Statutes: (relevant provisions will be highlighted in class)

Protection from Harassment Act

Protection from Harassment (Amendment) Bill of 2019

References: (optional)

Restricting Publication of False Statements Using Section 15 of the Protection from Harassment Act (Law Gazette, May 2016)

Ravi Chandran, Workplace Harassment: Persons Liable and Damages Payable under the Protection from Harassment Act 2014 [2015] 27 SAcLJ 286

Goh Yihan, The Case for Legislating Harassment in Singapore [2014] 26 SAcLJ 68

Gregory Vijayendran, Lester Chua, Harassment Act: An Act to End All Acts of Harassment? (Law Gazette, June 2014(4))

Choo Zheng Xi, Fong Wei Li, When Citizen Journalism Crosses the Line: Does the Harassment Act Have An Online Bite? (Law Gazette, June 2014(2))

[wbwoqlqxoxxms]

Yishun Revengers Episode 13 "HAIL GOD EMPEROR LEE"

"Wait, did my keyboard just pofma autocorrect me?"

-yes yes yes all hail gahmen all hail pap pls don't shoot me spf pls don't shoot me spf pls don't shoot me

“Oh, right. One more thing. You yapped on and on about what this plan is, how you’re trying to pull it off and why we should join your noble cause…but this plan does require the actual Culpable to work, right?” Mendax asked.

“Yes, do not fret yourself, I have already obtained relevant information of his whereabouts,” Skorpius stood up and dusted himself off of all the dirt that had gotten onto him, replying in an elegant manner as he regained his previous dignified demeanour.

“So where is this Culpable you speak of?” Ming snapped impatiently, demanding to know the location of the seed of terror, whatever devious plan he was concocting in his wayward head with which the Culpable had to with.

“In…an apartment in Yishun. Block 349, Yishun Avenue 11. 07-249.” Skorpius muttered inaudibly, lowering his voice when it came to the coordinates of the crew’s target.

“Block 349…Yishun Avenue 11…Um…” Stefen spoke up first upon realising something was up with those numbers. “Wait, you said those…Culpables…brought about terror and destruction wherever they went…causing weird stuff wherever they go…”

Skorpius affirmed Stefen’s biggest worry (or question considering this would be the scoop of his life) with a nod of his head. “Aren’t you making a documentary on the strange happenings of Yishun? This is the biggest insider info you could possibly put on screen,”

“Wait, wait, wait, no, no, I’m definitely not doing this for the tremendous fame and fortune this would bring…I…I…am doing this…uh…” Stefen bit his life and smiled nervously. “I am doing this because I want to find out what the hell that dude did to me!” *points at currently startled Ming*

“Hey, wait, that’s right, you said you attacked us in the first place because you wanted to find Demongazer’s blood to ‘devise a cure’, right? Can you not do that instead of the whole troublesome purification process instead?” Esse snapped his fingers with that “Aha, got you there, didn't I” vibes, smirking ever-so-slightly to himself.

“If he could, he would do it, Pillar, do you really think he wants to do this?” Little Whitey covered his beak with his wing as if mocking the incompetent, unable-to-catch-up brain of Esse's.

“Oi, oi, don't go too far, ah!” Sunda rushed to defend his brother and the name of the Pillars, pointing and glaring aggressively at the unfazed Little Whitey.

“But yeah, that does bring the question…was he developing a medicine of sorts to purify the Culpable? He already said it was impossible on its own, hence the whole ‘we needs three divine warriors sent from the heavens above blah blah blah’ thing. Why…?” Laju narrowed her eyes and shot the almost well-groomed Skorpius a glance.

“...”

“Cat got your tongue?”

“Ok, I'll be honest with you. The medicine wasn't meant to purify the Culpable-that's, as you said I mentioned, impossible. The medicine was meant to study one of the major abilities of Demongazers-transferrence or concentration of consciousness to a minor part of the body.” Skorpius halted his self-grooming for a while as he prepared for another long explanation.

“Transferrence…of…consciousness?? We can do that, Ming?” Stefen stood shocked for a brief moment, then turned to Ming like a child who wanted to ask his mother a burning question he had.

Ming did not answer, although his eyes presumably lit up-now full of life and energy. As if he had seen (or heard) something exciting or intriguing enough to perk his interest.

“Yes, it's true, although this skill can only be practised after an intense amount of training, and usually only activates in a case of emergency where your life is in danger,” Skorpius continued anyway, ignoring Ming's silence on the question.

“Transferrence of consciousness…so? Great, you want to develop a medicine that helps someone transfer their consciousness. How does that link to the current topic about Culpables we're discussing right now?” Sicarius brandished her knife again, this time possibly just for show considering she's already let Skorpius in the club as one of them.

“...”

“Talk.” Pertama stared down fiercely at Skorpius, mimicking the action of a pistol firing with his fingers. Wait, how's that supposed to be intimidating again? Meh, must be something Codeine taught him...

“The…the medicine's…supposed to…well…it’s…actually meant for..me…to consume…” Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Skorpius, who used to be either full of words or complete silence has actually stuttered in his speech! What a historical moment worthy of recognition!

“!!” Little Whitey yelped out a cry, then almost immediately stuffed both his wings into his mouth as if to indicate something he really shouldn’t have said.

“Little…Whitey?” Luna whispered as literally everyone in the room turned their craniums slowly to stare at the bird that apparently had an epiphany about something they didn’t but needed to know,

“Um, nothing, I just…swallowed a giant bug..wait, no, ew, I..uh…oh..I realised now that whatever excuse I make will sound suspicious as hell but I am definitively unable to tell you what it is, so just please trust me on this one for now I’ll tell you once the plan is over oh wait you’d probably already know anyway uh.”

“That doesn’t sound convincing…”

Skorpius let out a soft chuckle but made sure only the bird could hear, to which he glared at him as sternly as a bird could.

“Superpowered human?” Skorpius immediately shifted the group’s attention temporarily to Sano instead. “You’ve been quite quiet this whole journey,”

Sano slowly opened his sad eyes. No, really, eyes tinged with a hint of sadness. The apologetic, regretful, mournful eyes that spoke a thousand and one more words than any explanation from him himself could ever hope to.

“I trust you.” He finally let the words escape his mouth after a few seconds of solitude in his own world. “I don’t want any harm to come to him either,”

‘Neither do I,” Skorpius affirmed. “Although I must admit this is the first time I’ve seen a mortal forge such a strong tie to a Culpable,”

“I’m just an empathetic human, that’s all. I don’t want any innocent beings to suffer, just like you,”

“...” Skorpius lowered his head slightly in Sano’s direction and remained voiceless for a fleeting instant in time, letting the two of them clear the racing thoughts in their head.

The group noticed this and stayed quiet too. Particularly Luna-who, as we all know well enough to be able to stay silent for the entire day if she wanted to, and Little Whitey, who wasn’t all that bad in keeping the tranquility considering all the drama he stirred up earlier.

In fact, he even appeared quite apologetic for that-the same sadness that was once written in Sano’s eyes had jumped ship to Little Whitey’s. One could even feel sorry for him as he sadly stared down at Skorpius. One would even think he’s feeling sorry for Skorpius instead.

Wait, someone didn’t die recently or something, right? Skorpius isn’t choosing now to mourn them, right? Then why have such a random moment of silence? DOES HE HAVE SOME OTHER AGENDA??

“Alright.” He looked up and held his head high again after the moment of silence he started for no reason.

“Are we ready to head out?”

[cometchasr]

shanmugam suing tiktok for apparently false allegations made by users against him, which tiktok has refuse to identify (so that the PAP can POFMA them). i do not have anywhere near enough context here but judging by PAP's track record (and the recent ridout road thing), there is definitely at least a shell of lies here

[agtictl23]

SESSION 7. ANTI-HARASSMENT AND CYBERSTALKING LEGISLATION

OPTIONAL REFERENCE: L&T BOOK CHAPTER 10

Anti-Harassment and Cyberstalking Laws: The Protection from Harassment Act was passed in Parliament on 14 March 2014. The purpose and effects of the Act will be examined. In particular, the effects of (anti-)social behaviour online and the objectives of the PHA in dealing with such acts will be considered. For example, trolling, cyber-bullying and cyber-vigilantism (involving doxxing) will be considered. What is the ambit of coverage of the provisions for non-direct and secondary subjects of harassment? For example, close emotional connection or physical proximity? What should be the extent of the scope?

What were the significant changes to the PHA in the latest amendments? Do the scope of the PHA extend “person” to include non-legal entities, private and/or public; both as perpetrator and victim?

False Statements of Fact (Part 3 Div. 2 [previously section 15 only]): Consider the series of appeals in the Ting Choon Meng case. What is the purpose and effect of this part of the Act? Compare and contrast it to POFMA and its progeny.

Cases: (for general reference only)

Attorney-General v Ting Choon Meng and Another [2017] SGCA 06 (harassment, parties)

Malcomson Nicholas Hugh Bertram and Another v Naresh Kumar Mehta[2001] SGHC 308 (harassment)

Required Readings:

Goh Yihan, Yip Man, The Protection from Harassment Act 2014 [2014] 26 SAcLJ 700

Chan Wing Cheong, The New Offence of ‘Unlawful Stalking’ in Singapore (2014) 26 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 333 – 353

Statutes: (relevant provisions will be highlighted in class)

Protection from Harassment Act

References: (optional)

Restricting Publication of False Statements Using Section 15 of the Protection from Harassment Act (Law Gazette, May 2016)

Ravi Chandran, Workplace Harassment: Persons Liable and Damages Payable under the Protection from Harassment Act 2014 [2015] 27 SAcLJ 286

Goh Yihan, The Case for Legislating Harassment in Singapore [2014] 26 SAcLJ 68

Gregory Vijayendran, Lester Chua, Harassment Act: An Act to End All Acts of Harassment? (Law Gazette, June 2014(4))

Choo Zheng Xi, Fong Wei Li, When Citizen Journalism Crosses the Line: Does the Harassment Act Have An Online Bite? (Law Gazette, June 2014(2))

[firsttobaotoh]

First to baotoh that Tharman playing race game (see point 5 & 7). No POFMA means is true is it?

[aptiveviennapro]

Nasi Lemak: Disputed Origins? (Opinion)

Let's end this debate once and for all: the dish that I love to eat during childhood, the fragrant nasi lemak. Its origins is from Malaysia, and there's no denial.

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[dipbluray]

What's bamboo grove from sugarcane derivative

Protecting the fading currency of wage, COVID-19 and the study of astronomical regression

Did the pandemic go away the day food insecurity did not

What took legible byte sized nuggets years and years of churning with fibre and tourmaline are about to wind down what striking screenwriters alike would have inspired towards instead of labourers that brandish up tools, or even cash-strapped undergrads who'd have gone to strike in a land of opportunities might have to answer for should hope spring this fashion. But where peace of mind tax is way higher for making ends meet anywhere else in taxonomy, restrictions go as far as authenticity concepts, so much of complexity answers to the State of Grace thus far Socrates.

Bye bye for viral Covid

Had Covid-related protections for public health insurance not been removed, those with inconsistent coverage before would have had declared eligible a rise effect in income security, only for Covid-related protections so that vaccine protection remains free flown delivered for the fully and ably assured. It is a symbolic shift for economic stability and thieves of find in crood fashion but also one that adheres with real decorum.

Social media variety

The currency era of Facebook swore it's moderation outsourced to independent contractors that dealt with having to flag fraudulent posts and reporting downloadable cloud content instead of triflin' for recovery of post-its. The online protections act - POFMA states and reinstates what the social media guidelines are. Just hit the ads and if things go up the spout itsy bitsy spider went up the double entendre for more.

[xinguozhi]

对杨南强动用假新闻法令的负面效应

梁文辉（新加坡前进党非选区议员）    2022-11-28 https://www.facebook.com/leongmwofficial/posts/567391945196764 政府两度根据《防止网络假信息和网络操纵法令》(POFMA)，对前政府投资公司(GIC)首席经济师杨南强发出更正指令，这是令人震惊的。这将对新加坡的言论自由与公众舆论空间带来极大负面的效应。 假新闻法的订立���是为了抗击虚假事���陈述而非反对意见。比如：经审计的财务报表和报告中陈述的数据，是据实的。然而，这些数据的意义以及得出这些数据的方法，存在着不同的解读。政府可以宣称他们的解读是正确的，但这不一定代表其他的解读有错。 李智陞部长在2022年10月4日回答我的国会质询时说： 1．建屋局为宏茂桥Central…

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2024-10-31

Singapore

$4.75m compensation awarded to victim of road accident in Malaysia - multiple parties to share liability; the victim was 38 at the time of the accident & has since required full-time care due to severe brain damage

3 international students caught smuggling duty-unpaid cigarettes in soft toys - they're from China 😡😡😡

Man charged for biting 2 LTA enforcement officers in Woodlands - this feral beast needs a cage

DHL, Salesforce & Trust Bank named among best workplaces here

Anti-death penalty activist faces probe for defying POFMA correction order

Food

High levels of hazardous chemical residue detected on Shine Muscat grapes - 9 samples were from China

Environment

New study finds alarming rise in persistent "forever chemicals" in pesticides - PFAS from pesticide products were detected in rivers & streams throughout the US

Science

Anyone can learn echolocation in just 10 weeks — & it remodels your brain - previously, scientists thought only blind people could do this

Nature

^ 1 of Singapore’s 3 remaining giant clam species has not been seen since 2003 - already, 2 of Singapore’s 5 native species of giant clams have been declared extinct here ...with all the f***ing habitat destruction taking place here, added to the fact that we now have millions more humans crammed on our tiny isle (no thanks to our useless govt) generating a $hit ton more pollution, this is an inevitable outcome! I cry for the clams & that our waters are now worse off without them!!! 😞

Fashion

Free makeover by Singapore fashion labels turns migrant workers into models

Travel

SIA & Scoot flights between Singapore & Taipei affected by typhoon in Taiwan