Five takeaways from the fake news committee recommendations
The Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods has put up 22 recommendations. Here are five quick takeaways. One: There isn’t even a definition First, the glaring omission is that there isn’t even a definition of what constitutes deliberate online falsehoods. The committee only goes so far as to say that such falsehoods...
Can we watch and do nothing while the PAP government oppresses citizens who speak up?
Singapore exile, Tan Wah Piow, PM Mahathir and Malaysian activist Hishammuddin Rais When your government attacks your fellow citizen with such voraciousness, you have to think carefully about whether this government is a government you want to put your life and children's lives into. We can try to pretend and tell ourselves...
Be your own hatchet man
The report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods is exceedingly disturbing. I am disappointed with the contents and angry with the unwarranted and vicious attack on Dr Thum Ping Tjin at page 57, paragraph 238. Dr Thum is accused of being a liar with these words: “He has clearly lied.” The...
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