Singapore: Issued MHA correction direction and targeted correction direction in investigation into SDP regarding published falsehoods on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram

On 29 June 2024, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) Office to issue a correction direction to the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and a targeted correction direction to TikTok. This action was taken in response to false statements published by the SDP regarding three women allegedly involved in organising a procession to the Istana. Under this directive, the SDP is mandated to display correction notices alongside its Facebook and Instagram posts related to the matter and publish a new TikTok post containing the correction notice. Additionally, TikTok is required to communicate a correction notice to all users in Singapore who accessed the TikTok post in question.