The Online Citizen's operator to be barred from financial benefit for two more years over repeated falsehoods

SINGAPORE: The Online Citizen’s (TOC) website and social media pages have been designated as Declared Online Locations (DOLs) for spreading falsehoods under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). This new declaration, effective July 22, 2023, follows a previous one in July 2023 and will last until July 21, 2027, prohibiting TOC from receiving financial benefits from its pages. TOC must also display a notice on its platforms to inform users of its falsehoods, and digital advertisers must avoid promoting content on TOC’s sites.

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