On July 21, sites operated by The Online Citizen Asia (TOCA) were marked as Declared Online Locations (DOLs). TOCA was taken to task for communicating three falsehoods within a six-month period prior to the declaration.

The move by the Ministry of Communications and Information means that TOCA will not be able to derive any financial benefits from operating these sites.

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Carol Soon is Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore, where she heads the Society and Culture Department. She is also editor of a new book, Mobile Communication And Online Falsehoods In Asia Trends, Impact And Practice, published by Springer Nature.

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