Anthea Ong, Irene Quay and Walter Theseira have since proposed amendments to the POFMA bill, in a joint statement released yesterday (30 Apr)
The draft bill, which aims to provide the government with powers to act against online falsehoods to protect public interest, intends to give ministers the authority to determine what is an online falsehood and how to act against purveyors of what they deem to be fake news.
the creation of an independent council to monitor online falsehoods and provide routine oversight on the use of executive powers under the Act. “many Members of Parliament share these concerns to varying extents, and will speak during the Second Reading of the Bill, where the Government will address concerns by putting its thinking behind this Bill on the record.”
“The speed with which online falsehoods spread and threaten public interest cannot be addressed effectively by a slow judicial process, and requires decisive executive action. The Bill adds tools that are novel and more finely graduated – such as Correction Directions – to promote the overall goal of educating an informed citizenry.
“After significant consideration and consultation with stakeholders over the last 3 weeks, we have proposed amendments in the following areas: restrictive tools are used first, with the most restrictive used only if necessary. It also protects the role of research in society, as research often contests established facts or ideas in order to advance knowledge, by stating that differences in facts established by an authority and a researcher do not imply falsehood just by that difference alone.
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