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The icon of the popular messaging app Telegram on a smart phone screen. (Photo: AFP/Yuri KADOBNOV)
01 Apr 2021 06:30PM) Share this content
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SINGAPORE: Don t show your face in your display picture, says one message. Similar ones include: Change your username to something very obscure and Make sure your online identity is different from your real-life persona .
A 7,000-member strong Telegram chat group distributing obscene content is replete with messages like these, all in the name of avoiding detection.
Geo Connect Asia 2021 comes to Singapore in a hybrid format
By adopting a hybrid format that provides both interactivity and a robust level of safety, the resumption of events like Geo Connect Asia 2021 could prove a turning point for the region’s MICE industry as it recovers from the impact of the pandemic.
Geo Connect Asia (GCA), the keystone event for the ASEAN geospatial community, will be held in Singapore this year in a prototype hybrid format. The event will provide a crucial springboard to recovery and growth for the regional geospatial community and the MICE industry, as the ASEAN economies recover from the impact of the pandemic.
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MCI to form cross-sector group on tackling online harms, especially those targeted at women Toggle share menu
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MCI to form cross-sector group on tackling online harms, especially those targeted at women
Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information Sim Ann speaks to participants of a conversation on tackling online harms at the lobby of the MCI Building on Mar 8, 2021. (Photo: Chew Hui Min)
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) is working to form a new Singapore Together Alliance for Action (AfA) on tackling online harms, especially those targeted at women and girls, Senior Minister of State for Communications & Information Sim Ann said on Monday (Mar 8).
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SINGAPORE: Ten new centres will provide support for couples and families facing early signs of stress, announced Minister of State for Social and Family Development Sun Xueling on Friday (Mar 5).
Speaking at the Ministry of Social and Family Development s (MSF) Committee of Supply debate, Ms Sun said that MSF will establish the Strengthening Families Programme @ Family Service Centres (SFP@FSCs) across Singapore over the next three years, following a pilot in 2019.
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The SFP@FSCs will bring together programmes and support services for marriage and divorce, she said. They will also have family counselling services to mend relationship fissures early .