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Singapore probes racist online comments on China-Nepal disaster, Air India investment

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Singapore's Senior Minister K. Shanmugam has directed the police to investigate racist and xenophobic online comments that emerged in relation to the China-Nepal disaster and Air India's investment. Shanmugam stated that the Ministry of Digital Development and Information will also engage social media platforms to remove comments violating their guidelines. He described the comments as shameful and unacceptable, regardless of whether they originated from Singaporean citizens. AI

RANK_REASON Governmental investigation into online hate speech and xenophobia. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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Singapore probes racist online comments on China-Nepal disaster, Air India investment

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · CNA ·

    Singapore investigates racism related to China-Nepal disaster, Air India investment

    Police are investigating “shameful” racist and xenophobic online comments about the China-Nepal disaster and Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) investment in Air India, Senior Minister K Shanmugam said on Saturday. Mr Shanmugam told reporters that the Ministry of Digital Development and I…

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