A correction order under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) has been issued to podcast Plan B over statements that were made by a hacker on one of the episodes of the show, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Former inmate James Raj Arokiasamy supposedly made several false claims in three of the podcast’s episodes which were uploaded onto streaming platform Spotify on 6 September 2023. The claims were regarding his treatment in prison, said the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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“In the Spotify podcast episodes, Arokiasamy made several false statements. Some of the false statements were also reproduced on Plan B’s Instagram posts on 7 September 2023,” said the POFMA notice.
As a result, Plan B will be required to carry correction notices on their Spotify and Instagram accounts. “These notices will state that the said podcast and videos contain false statements of fact and provide a link to the government’s clarifications,” said the notice.
Arokiasamy, a hacker who went by the pseudonym “The Messiah”, claimed to be part of the hacktivist group, “Anonymous” which was behind a number of hacking incidents in late 2013. Additional clarifications published by MHA on Singapore’s government checking website Factually listed six falsehoods in Arokiasamy’s contributions to the podcast.
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