Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam has instructed that targeted correction directions be issued to tech giant Meta after several individuals re-posted falsehoods on drug trafficking and executions on its platforms. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Nov 5 it was...
The Ministry of Home Affairs did not name the individuals who reposted the falsehoods on Oct 23 and Oct 24.Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam has instructed that targeted correction directions be issued to tech giant Meta after several individuals re-posted falsehoods on drug trafficking and executions on its platforms.
Referring to the 40 reposts, MHA said: “By re-posting the TJC posts, those individuals had chosen to communicate falsehoods that they knew or should have known contained false statements.”MHA hence instructed the Pofma Office to issue targeted correction directions to Meta Platforms, requiring the tech firm to alert users who have seen the reposts that they contain false statements.
“Readers can read both the original posts and the facts, and decide for themselves what is the truth,” added the ministry.
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