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Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:POFMA directions}} : ''This page tracks directions issued under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019. For the courts' review of individual directions, see POFMA appeals. For the Act itself, see Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019.'' This page replaces an earlier flat table with a Cargo-backed record: each direction is stored individually via {{tl|POFMA-direction-cargo}} (see Template:POFMA-direc..."

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: ''This page tracks directions issued under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019. For the courts' review of individual directions, see [[POFMA appeals]]. For the Act itself, see [[Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019]].''

This page replaces an earlier flat table with a Cargo-backed record: each direction is stored individually via {{tl|POFMA-direction-cargo}} (see [[Template:POFMA-direction-cargo]] for the schema), and the table below is generated by querying that stored data rather than maintained by hand. Data entry for the full historical record is in progress — see the note at the end of this page for what remains outstanding.

== Directions on record ==
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|fields=issue_date=Date issued,direction_type=Type,ministry_id=Ministry,target_name=Target,platform=Platform,subject_summary=Subject,topic_tags=Topics,incident_id=Incident
|order by=issue_date ASC,direction_id ASC
|format=table
|class=wikitable sortable
|default=No directions have been recorded yet.
}}

== Data entry ==
The individual stored records generating the table above follow. Grouped by year for editor convenience only — Cargo's storage is not affected by this grouping.

=== 2019 ===

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2019-11-13-brad-bowyer
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2019-11-25
|post_date=2019-11-13
|days_between=12
|ministry_id=mof
|issuing_minister=heng-swee-keat
|target_name=Brad Bowyer
|target_type=Individual
|platform=Facebook
|subject_summary=Claim about the Singapore Government's involvement in investment decisions by Temasek and GIC
|topic_tags=Sovereign Wealth Funds
|source_pdf=pofma office media statement 25 nov 2019.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2019-11-23-states-times-review
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2019-11-28
|post_date=2019-11-23
|days_between=5
|ministry_id=mha
|issuing_minister=k-shanmugam
|target_name=States Times Review
|target_type=Media Entity
|platform=Facebook
|subject_summary=Allegation of an arrest or charge arising from a post about NUS Students United
|topic_tags=Legal enforcement
|source_pdf=pofma office media statement 28 nov 2019.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2019-11-28-facebook
|direction_type=Targeted Correction Direction
|issue_date=2019-11-29
|post_date=2019-11-28
|days_between=1
|ministry_id=mha
|issuing_minister=k-shanmugam
|target_name=Facebook
|target_type=Platform
|platform=Facebook
|subject_summary=Correction notice required on a States Times Review Facebook post
|source_pdf=pofma office tcd media statement 29 nov 2019.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2019-06-08-sdp-1
|incident_id=sdp-pmet-retrenchment-2019
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2019-12-14
|post_date=2019-06-08
|days_between=189
|ministry_id=mom
|issuing_minister=josephine-teo
|target_name=Singapore Democratic Party
|target_id=singapore-democratic-party
|target_type=Political Party
|platform=Website
|subject_summary=Claim about local versus foreign PMET retrenchment trends
|topic_tags=Labour
|source_pdf=pofma office media statement 14 dec final.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2019-11-30-sdp-2
|incident_id=sdp-pmet-retrenchment-2019
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2019-12-14
|post_date=2019-11-30
|days_between=14
|ministry_id=mom
|issuing_minister=josephine-teo
|target_name=Singapore Democratic Party
|target_id=singapore-democratic-party
|target_type=Political Party
|platform=Facebook
|subject_summary=Claim about local versus foreign PMET retrenchment trends
|topic_tags=Labour
|source_pdf=pofma office media statement 14 dec final.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2019-12-02-sdp-3
|incident_id=sdp-pmet-retrenchment-2019
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2019-12-14
|post_date=2019-12-02
|days_between=12
|ministry_id=mom
|issuing_minister=josephine-teo
|target_name=Singapore Democratic Party
|target_id=singapore-democratic-party
|target_type=Political Party
|platform=Facebook
|subject_summary=Claim about local versus foreign PMET retrenchment trends, including a graphical illustration of PMET employment
|topic_tags=Labour
|source_pdf=pofma office media statement 14 dec final.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}
: ''These three directions were the subject of [[POFMA appeals|''Singapore Democratic Party v Attorney-General'' [2020] SGHC 25]], upheld in full, and partially overturned on appeal in ''TOC (CA)'' [2021] SGCA 96 (the graphical-illustration direction was set aside).''

=== 2020 ===

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2020-01-16-lawyers-for-liberty
|incident_id=changi-prison-execution-allegations-2020
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2020-01-22
|post_date=2020-01-16
|days_between=6
|ministry_id=mha
|issuing_minister=k-shanmugam
|target_name=Lawyers for Liberty
|target_type=Media Entity
|platform=Website
|subject_summary=Allegations about the method used in judicial executions at Changi Prison
|topic_tags=Legal enforcement
|source_pdf=mha cd statement.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2020-01-16-kirsten-han
|incident_id=changi-prison-execution-allegations-2020
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2020-01-22
|post_date=2020-01-16
|days_between=6
|ministry_id=mha
|issuing_minister=k-shanmugam
|target_name=Kirsten Han
|target_type=Individual
|platform=Facebook
|subject_summary=Allegations about the method used in judicial executions at Changi Prison
|topic_tags=Legal enforcement
|source_pdf=mha cd statement.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2020-01-16-the-online-citizen
|incident_id=changi-prison-execution-allegations-2020
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2020-01-22
|post_date=2020-01-16
|days_between=6
|ministry_id=mha
|issuing_minister=k-shanmugam
|target_name=The Online Citizen
|target_id=the-online-citizen
|target_type=Media Entity
|platform=Website
|subject_summary=Allegations about the method used in judicial executions at Changi Prison
|topic_tags=Legal enforcement
|source_pdf=mha cd statement.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2020-01-16-yahoo-singapore
|incident_id=changi-prison-execution-allegations-2020
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2020-01-22
|post_date=2020-01-16
|days_between=6
|ministry_id=mha
|issuing_minister=k-shanmugam
|target_name=Yahoo Singapore
|target_type=Media Entity
|platform=Facebook
|subject_summary=Allegations about the method used in judicial executions at Changi Prison
|topic_tags=Legal enforcement
|source_pdf=mha cd statement.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2020-01-23-internet-service-providers
|incident_id=changi-prison-execution-allegations-2020
|direction_type=Access Blocking Order
|issue_date=2020-01-23
|ministry_id=mci
|issuing_minister=s-iswaran
|target_name=Internet Service Providers
|target_type=Internet Service Provider
|subject_summary=Disable access for end-users in Singapore to the Lawyers for Liberty website
|topic_tags=Legal enforcement
|source_pdf=mci-imda-abo-23-jan.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}
: ''These five directions concerned the same underlying allegations and were the subject of [[POFMA appeals|''The Online Citizen Pte Ltd v Attorney-General'' [2020] SGHC 36]], upheld and affirmed on appeal in ''TOC (CA)'' [2021] SGCA 96.''

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2020-01-26-sph-magazines
|direction_type=General Correction Direction
|issue_date=2020-01-27
|post_date=2020-01-26
|days_between=1
|ministry_id=moh
|issuing_minister=gan-kim-yong
|target_name=SPH Magazines
|target_id=sph-magazines
|target_type=Media Entity
|platform=Website
|subject_summary=Allegation of a death from COVID-19 infection in Singapore, requiring a correction notice to all HardwareZone end-users in Singapore
|topic_tags=COVID-19
|source_pdf=pofma-office-gcd-media-statement-27-jan-final.pdf
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2020-02-15-states-times-review
|direction_type=Declared Online Location
|issue_date=2020-02-15
|ministry_id=mci
|issuing_minister=s-iswaran
|target_name=States Times Review
|target_type=Media Entity
|subject_summary=Declaration following repeated communication of false statements of fact
|topic_tags=Legal enforcement
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2020-02-17-facebook
|direction_type=Disabling Order
|issue_date=2020-02-17
|ministry_id=mci
|issuing_minister=s-iswaran
|target_name=Facebook
|target_type=Platform
|platform=Facebook
|subject_summary=Order following the States Times Review Declared Online Location
|topic_tags=Legal enforcement
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2020-07-03-sdp
|incident_id=sdp-population-density-2020
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2020-07-04
|post_date=2020-07-03
|days_between=1
|ministry_id=mnd
|alternate_authority=yes
|target_name=Singapore Democratic Party
|target_id=singapore-democratic-party
|target_type=Political Party
|subject_summary=Claim, during the 2020 general election period, that Singapore's population would rise to nearly 10 million by 2030
|topic_tags=Population, Elections
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}
: ''Issued during the election period by the Alternate Authority for the Minister for National Development. The subject of [[POFMA appeals|''Singapore Democratic Party v Attorney-General'' [2022] SGHC 100]], upheld, with permission to appeal further refused in [2022] SGCA 56.''

=== 2023 ===

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2023-04-30-terry-xu
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2023-05-07
|post_date=2023-04-30
|days_between=7
|ministry_id=mha
|issuing_minister=k-shanmugam
|target_name=Terry Xu
|target_id=terry-xu
|target_type=Individual
|platform=Facebook
|subject_summary=Claims about a 2021 police encounter with an elderly woman, including that police officers misrepresented the incident to her family
|topic_tags=Legal enforcement
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}
: ''Upheld in [[POFMA appeals|''Xu Yuan Chen @ Terry Xu v Attorney-General'' [2023] SGHC 200]].''

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2023-07-07-jom
|incident_id=ridout-road-jom-2023
|direction_type=Correction Direction
|issue_date=2023-07-16
|post_date=2023-07-07
|days_between=9
|ministry_id=mlaw
|issuing_minister=edwin-tong
|target_name=Jom
|target_id=jom
|target_type=Media Entity
|platform=Website
|subject_summary=Article on the Ridout Road ministerial-bungalow controversy, including a claim that the Government caused Instagram to geo-block a post
|topic_tags=Legal enforcement, Elections
|verified=yes
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}
: ''Upheld in [[POFMA appeals|''The Inquiry Pte Ltd v Attorney-General and another matter'' [2023] SGHC 247]], including a ruling on the effect of post-issuance addenda.''

=== 2024 ===

{{POFMA-direction-cargo
|direction_id=pofma-2024-07-31-dr-ishhaq-jay
|direction_type=Conditional Warning
|issue_date=2024-07-31
|target_name=dr.ishhaq.jay
|target_type=Individual
|subject_summary=Issued by the POFMA Office directly rather than a named Ministry; see the schema-limits note on the template page for how non-ministry issuing bodies are handled
|verified=no
|last_updated=2026-07-19
}}

== Outstanding work ==
This page currently holds a representative sample only — enough to demonstrate every `direction_type` value on record, the `incident_id` linkage across simultaneous directions, and the `alternate_authority` flag for election-period directions — cross-referenced to [[POFMA appeals]] wherever a direction was subsequently challenged in court. The official POFMA Office count, as at 1 July 2026, is 92 cases comprising 146 Correction Directions, 39 Targeted Correction Directions, 5 General Correction Directions, 5 Access Blocking Orders, 3 Access Disabling Orders, and 27 Declared Online Locations;<ref name="pofma-office-stats-directions">"POFMA Action Taken Up To 1 Jul 2026", POFMA Office. https://www.pofmaoffice.gov.sg/stats/permalink/</ref> that is the target the historical backfill from spreadsheet to individual `{{tl|POFMA-direction-cargo}}` calls has not yet reached. See [[Template:POFMA-direction-cargo]] for the schema and for known schema limits (the non-direction "Media Statement" row, and ministry_id gaps for non-ministry issuing bodies like the People's Association and the POFMA Office itself).

== References ==
Data drawn from a publicly maintained spreadsheet tracking POFMA directions; individual press-release PDFs cited in `source_pdf` where the filename is known.

[[Category:Legislation]]

POFMA directions - Revision history