Looking beyond the vague terms in Singapore's fake news laws

• Main Author: ONG, Benjamin Joshua
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Fake news; Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act; Singapore; case law; Asian Studies; Law and Society; Public Law and Legal Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2914; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4872/viewcontent/Vague_terms_fake_news_Today_2019_0514.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Protection from Online Falsehoods andManipulation Act (Pofma), some criticised it for being too vague. Pofma contains words and phrases whose meaning is not explicitlyclear, e.g. statements that are “falseor misleading”, but does not define “misleading”. But case law gives us aclearer understanding...