POFMA

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Alternative forms

• Pofma

Proper noun

POFMA

1. (Singapore) Initialism of Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, a controversial Singaporean law aiming to suppress fake news [from 2019]
   • 2022 February 12, Sue-Ann Tan, “Pofma office issues correction direction to Wake Up, Singapore over COP statements”, in Straits Times‎^[1]:

     The Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Leader of the House has instructed the Pofma Office to do so.

   • 2020 January 27, “SPH Magazines complies with Pofma correction order on false HardwareZone post”, in Business Times‎^[2]:
   • 2021 October 4, “Singapore: ICJ calls on government to repeal or substantially amend the POFMA, two years after it entered into force”, in International Commission of Jurists‎^[3]:

     The ICJ has previously highlighted how POFMA on its face is not compliant with international law and standards protecting the right to freedom of opinion, expression and information.

Verb

POFMA (third-person singular simple present POFMAs, present participle POFMAing, simple past and past participle POFMAed or POFMA-ed)

1. (transitive, informal, Singapore) To accuse someone of spreading falsehoods online under the same law.
   • 2023 August 2, Koh Ewe, “A Wave of Scandals Is Testing the Singaporean Government's Ability to Take Criticism”, in Time‎^[4]:

     When you POFMA someone, it draws attention to what the person said in the first place.