LFL takes S'pore home minister to court over 'online falsehood' direction

Martin VengadesanPublished: Jan 23, 2020 11:17 AM | Updated: Jan 23, 2020 4:27 PM

Humans rights group Lawyers for Liberty will file a suit tomorrow against Singapore Home Minister K Shanmugam over a "correction direction" pursuant to Singapore's Protection From Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019 (Pofma).

LFL said it received the direction on Wednesday and accused Singapore of abusing its new fake news laws to muzzle critics, noting that similar notices had been issued to Singaporean citizens and organisations, including an online portal, The Online Citizen (TOC) and prominent activist Kirsten Han.

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