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Twitter users may see more fake news, hate speech after Elon Musk takeover
Under Singapore’s fake news law, ministers can order websites, social media platforms and individual users to take down a piece of falsehood or ask for corrections to be put up alongside it.
TechTalks: Lessons from the design of $100 CDC digital vouchers
Prof Lim Sun Sun writes for the Straits Times in a monthly column on technology and society.
IN FOCUS: Beyond diversity quotas and anti-discrimination laws, can Singapore embrace gender equality at the workplace?
With gender inequality among the issues set to be tackled by initiatives laid out in the White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development, CNA …
Half of 1,000 S'poreans polled have experienced online harms
Nearly half of over 1,000 Singaporeans polled have personally experienced online harms, the bulk of whom were aged 15 to 35, a survey has …
Beef up support network so lifelong learning can yield payoffs
Skills training programmes should be even more closely aligned with job-placement programmes so that the utility of skills training is maximised for trainees and industry alike.
Online harm is an urgent issue for women
Three in 10 Singaporeans have been personally affected by gender-based harm online, a recent survey found. Acts of aggression and harassment are encouraged by the veil of anonymity of the online world.
Commentary: What happens when women have to juggle ‘worry work’ with paid work
COVID-19 has wrought a cost on workers, families and most pressingly, on women who shoulder the invisible labour of caregiving in addition …
Get machines to fire workers? But they lack intuition, consciousness
The science fiction trope of artificial intelligence (AI) going against human beings has been creeping into real life, with some businesses …
Beijing’s ‘invisible’ Olympics: Muted but watched online
Zhou Jun remembers the run-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, when it seemed like everyone was learning English to be able to communicate with …
