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BTS fans push back against ticket resellers on Carousell and X during Singapore's first presale day
BTS fans push back against ticket resellers on Carousell and X during Singapore's first presale day Carousell listings continue to be taken down as fans flag online posts offering concert passes at prices far above face value. In the wake of the first day of presales for one of the most highly anticipated concerts of the year by K-pop superstars BTS, platforms like Carousell and social media app X are seeing resellers and interested buyers move quickly as demand for tickets surges. Fans in...
At least S$11,000 lost to BTS concert ticket scams in less than a week
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Bank association 'aware of feedback' after PayNow name masking spells out inappropriate words
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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...
Commentary: Threat of influence operations in Singapore is undefined but ever present
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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...
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 orders social media sites to block content, likely from China-based platform, targeting Indian community
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India, US hold ‘army-to-army staff talks' in Hawaii
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