The Law and Home Affairs Minister will be talking about how the Government will curb expression that stirs up and spreads tension between races, xenophobia, and other views that show no tolerance for the beliefs and opinions of others
fically tackling the restriction on hate speech in order to maintain harmony in a multicultural and multi-religious country such as Singapore.
The Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods proposed the bill, which will give the Government the authority to hold online news outlets and platforms responsible for any deliberate online falsehoods they share. In the wake of the shootings, a neo-Nazi concert was cancelled in Malaysia, Rebellion Fest, a concert featuring right-wing “Malay power” bands that was scheduled to be staged in Ipoh on April 13, was cancelled. Ladyboss Studio, the venue for the concert, cancelled it after coming under pressure from anti-racism protesters.
Prior to this, the Infocomm Media Development Authority had given permission for the concert to proceed, with Restricted 18 rating, along with other restrictions.he country is unapologetic for its hardline stand concerning hate speech“Many people criticised us in the last 50 years for the way we approach hate speech. We make no apologies for the approach we take and we will continue to take a tough approach.
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