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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Act was utilised in several instances to fight misinformation about the pandemic situation in Singapore. On 27 January 2020, HardwareZone forum was issued a general correction direction over a false claim of a man from Singapore having died from the COVID-19 virus. The forum post containing the false claim was ...
Singapore Info Map singaporeinfomap.com inauthentic news website "potential hostile information threat" Broadcasting Act October 2024 [15] [16] Singapore Era Singaporeera.com inauthentic news website "potential hostile information threat" Broadcasting Act October 2024 [15] [16] Singapore Dao Times Singdaotimes.com inauthentic news website
In 2018, the creators of BitChute described themselves as a "small team making a stand against Internet censorship because we believe it is the right thing to do." [22] In November 2018, BitChute was banned from PayPal. [23] [24] PayPal also banned Alex Jones, the Proud Boys, Tommy Robinson, and several anti-fascist groups and users at the same ...
Detailed country by country information on Internet censorship and surveillance is provided in the Freedom on the Net reports from Freedom House, by the OpenNet Initiative, by Reporters Without Borders, and in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Internet censorship in Singapore is carried out by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). Internet services provided by the three major Internet service providers (ISPs) are subject to regulation by the MDA, which requires blocking of a symbolic number of websites containing "mass impact objectionable" material, including Playboy, YouPorn and Ashley Madison. [1]
Singapore's quick and efficient response was widely hailed as a success story in the early stages of the world's coronavirus outbreak. Tens of thousands of migrant workers, who live in cramped ...
Singapore has more than 300,000 migrant workers living in cramped and unsanitary dormitories - with often 12 or 20 to a room. Rights groups have also criticised the government’s initial policy ...
In 1963, Singapore banned the hit song Puff, the Magic Dragon, fearing that it referenced marijuana. [11] Janet Jackson's albums Velvet Rope and All For You were also banned due to homosexual and sexually explicit themes that the BPAA found "not acceptable to our society". [11] The bans have since been lifted.