Man fined for sharing a Facebook link ruled as defamation in Singapore

Re:Man fined for sharing a Facebook link ruled as defamation... by jboynyc on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @11:53AM (#26808801)

Here's a helpful explainer of the law being applied here (as well as data on additional cases where it was used since its introduction in 2019): https://pofmaed.com/explainer-what-is-pofma/

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Re:Man fined for sharing a Facebook link ruled as defamation... by ValentineC on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @02:35PM (#26811160)

POFMA (the law described in the parent link) is a different (and IMO, unreasonable) law aimed at shutting down fake news.

The person in the linked article was being sued for defamation.

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Re:Man fined for sharing a Facebook link ruled as defamation... by jboynyc on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @04:17PM (#26812475)

Oh, you're right! I just realized I misread the paragraph about POFMA. Thanks for clarifying.

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