Singapore News - Opposition party chief Goh Meng Seng has been issued a correction direction under Singapore's fake news law for false claims about the Covid-19 variant. Read more at www.tnp.sg
SINGAPORE - Opposition party chief Goh Meng Seng has been issued a correction direction under Singapore's fake news law for false claims about the Covid-19 variant Omicron. The Ministry of Health (MOH) said late on Friday night (Dec 3) that it has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to issue the correction direction to Mr.
Claims that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines could cause neurological diseases such as Alzheimer s and Parkinson s have been making the rounds on social media and messaging apps recently.
They come after the publication of a research paper that suggested mRNA vaccines such as the ones developed by Pfizer and Moderna could trigger prion disease.
But scientists have been quick to debunk these claims, saying the paper held no scientific weight and that the journal in question was not a reputable or reliable one.
Associate Professor Sylvie Alonso, co-director of the National University of Singapore s Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, said prion disease is a result of one s proteins adopting an unusual arrangement, causing them to aggregate.
SINGAPORE - Claims that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines could cause neurological diseases such as Alzheimer s and Parkinson s have been making the rounds on social media and messaging apps recently.
They come after the publication of a research paper in scientific journal Scivision, which suggested that mRNA vaccines such as the ones developed by Pfizer and Moderna could potentially trigger prion disease.
But local scientists have been quick to debunk these claims.
Professor Paul Tambyah, deputy director of the National University of Singapore s Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, said that prion disease is a result of one s proteins adopting an unusual arrangement, causing them to aggregate.
April 15, 2021
The Pofma correction orders were directed at the Facebook pages of Goh Meng Seng People s Power Party and Goh Meng Seng (Satu Singapura) as well as at the Singapore Uncensored website.
The Straits Times and Singapore Uncensored
SINGAPORE - The Republic s fake news law was invoked after unsubstantiated claims about adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines were posted on Facebook and published online by a website.
In a statement on Thursday (April 15), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said the Health Minister had instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to issue the correction directions.
They were directed at the Facebook pages of Goh Meng Seng People s Power Party and Goh Meng Seng (Satu Singapura), as well as at the Singapore Uncensored website.