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'Concentration of curry': Singapore blocks 14 anti-Indian posts likely from China
Singapore has ordered three social media platforms – YouTube, Facebook and X – to block access to 14 posts that targeted the Indian community and undermined the country's model of multiculturalism, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Saturday. The police issued disabling directions under the Online Criminal Harms Act requiring the platforms to "take all reasonable steps to disable access by Singapore users to these posts." Second Minister for Home Affairs Edwin Tong told reporters that the...
Singapore orders social media sites to block content, likely from China-based platform, targeting Indian community
Singapore orders social media sites to block content, likely from China-based platform, targeting Indian community "These videos attack our multiracial society and they try to divide people based on race," says Second Minister for Home Affairs Edwin Tong, adding that every community in Singapore is valued. Three social media platforms have been ordered to block access to 14 posts which “target the Indian community and undermine Singapore’s model of multiculturalism”, the Ministry of Home...
CBSE chief and secretary booted over OSM row, govt panel to probe procurement
The Centre on Tuesday removed CBSE chairperson Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta from their posts with immediate effect and ordered a one-member inquiry into the procurement of the digital evaluation (on-screen marking) system. The appointments committee of Cabinet approved the appointment of Lokhande Prashant Sitaram, additional secretary in the ministry of home affairs, as the new CBSE chairperson in place of Singh, who has been shifted as additional secretary in the department of...
‘Strong support’ for excluding fighting-age men from EU’s Ukraine refugee scheme
LUXEMBOURG — There is “strong support” among EU home affairs ministers to exclude men who could be called up to the military from Europe’s temporary protection scheme for Ukrainian refugees, said Swedish Migration Minister Johan Forssell. The temporary status scheme — under which more than 4 million people who fled Ukraine have been given the right to work, live and study in European countries — will expire in March 2027. The directive has already been extended several...
Yusuf in clash with Jenrick over Reform deportation policy
Reform's home affairs chief has publicly disagreed with its Treasury spokesman over what party policy is.
Singapore orders social media platforms to block foreign posts targeting Indian community
Three social media platforms have been ordered to block access to 14 posts which “target the Indian community and undermine Singapore’s model of multiculturalism”, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Saturday. The police have issued disabling directions under the Online Criminal Harms Act to block access to the posts on YouTube, Facebook and X, MHA said in a statement. The direction required the platforms to “take all reasonable steps to disable access by Singapore users to these...
Singapore’s ban on anti-Indian posts exposes threat of race ‘weaponisation’
Singapore’s move to ban anti-Indian social media posts reportedly from a China-based platform highlights how foreign actors are preying on racial lines in the city state. Analysts warn that this new battleground for disinformation is being “weaponised” against the country’s multiracial society. On Saturday, the country’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said it ordered social media giants YouTube, Facebook and X to block access to 14 online posts after investigations showed that the content...
Commentary: Threat of influence operations in Singapore is undefined but ever present
Commentary: Threat of influence operations in Singapore is undefined but ever present The origins and motive of social media posts attacking Singaporean society are hard to discern, but there are ways to respond, says strategic consultancy managing director Nicholas Fang. SINGAPORE: In a significant move last Saturday (Jun 6), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) took steps to block several social media posts targeting the Indian community. Under the Online Criminal Harms Act, the police...
Families out of pocket as migration law firm goes into liquidation
Visa applicants out of pocket as Gold Migration Lawyers goes into liquidation Tue 2 Jun 2026 at 2:02pm In short: Customers who paid Gold Migration Lawyers thousands of dollars to progress their visa applications are in limbo after the firm went into liquidation. The business emailed them on Friday saying it could no longer act as their legal representative.
Newsletter: The moving pieces of the EU’s enlargement
Also in this newsletter: The EU's trade chief to meet his Chinese counterpart in Paris amid escalating trade tensions; and Europe Today speaks exclusively to Lebanese culture minister Ghassan Salamé after Israel and Lebanon agreed a conditional ceasefire overnight. Good morning from Brussels. We start with a major development in Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union.