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20-02-2020, 01:30 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
SINGAPORE — A High Court judge on Wednesday (Feb 19) disagreed with another judge over how the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) should be interpreted, thus creating a legal quandary for the relatively new law meant to tackle fake news.
In a 25-page judgement dismissing the appeal by socio-political news website The Online Citizen (TOC) against a Pofma correction direction, Justice Belinda Ang said that the legal burden of proof when appealing against the Pofma...
Burden of proof doesn’t fall on Govt for Pofma appeals, says High Court judge who disagrees with fellow judge (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/burden-of-proof-doesn%E2%80%99t-fall-on-govt-for-pofma-appeals-says-high-court-judge-who-disagrees-with-fellow-judge.280217/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/burden-of-proof-doesn%E2%80%99t-fall-on-govt-for-pofma-appeals-says-high-court-judge-who-disagrees-with-fellow-judge.280217/).
SINGAPORE — A High Court judge on Wednesday (Feb 19) disagreed with another judge over how the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) should be interpreted, thus creating a legal quandary for the relatively new law meant to tackle fake news.
In a 25-page judgement dismissing the appeal by socio-political news website The Online Citizen (TOC) against a Pofma correction direction, Justice Belinda Ang said that the legal burden of proof when appealing against the Pofma...
Burden of proof doesn’t fall on Govt for Pofma appeals, says High Court judge who disagrees with fellow judge (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/burden-of-proof-doesn%E2%80%99t-fall-on-govt-for-pofma-appeals-says-high-court-judge-who-disagrees-with-fellow-judge.280217/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/burden-of-proof-doesn%E2%80%99t-fall-on-govt-for-pofma-appeals-says-high-court-judge-who-disagrees-with-fellow-judge.280217/).