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On July 2, the alternate authority for the Minister of Education instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) office to issue correctional directions to Lim Tean's YouTube channel and the Facebook page of opposition party PeoPofma office to issue correctional directions to Lim Tean for falsehood on his social media accounts
On July 2, the alternate authority for the Minister of Education instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) office to issue correctional directions to Lim Tean's YouTube channel and the Facebook page of opposition party Peoples Voice (PV). In a statement, the Pofma office revealed that the correctional directions were issued because a Facebook Live video on July 1 contained a falsehood regarding Government expenditure on foreign students. The same video was also posted on Lim's YouTube channel Tean Lim. The Pofma office added that Lim was also previously issued a correctional direction on Dec 16 last year for making false statements on the same topic. The facts of the case were detailed on the Government's fact-checking website Factually. It was explained that Lim had said: «We spend a quarter of a billion dollars providing free education for foreigners every year». Read more