Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Digital Development and Information (a) in each of the last five years, how many searches have been conducted by members of the public on the Factually Government website; (b) how many of such searches are related to falsehoods that are subject to directions under POFMA; and (c) what is the breakdown of views by top five topics of articles on the website.
Mrs Josephine Teo: We do not track the number of searches on the gov.sg website, which hosts the Factually page. We can, however, identify the most viewed articles. The top five most viewed Factually topics published between 2019 to 2023, in descending order, were on COVID-19, Ridout Road, fiscal policy, the Central Provident Fund and public housing. Page views of COVID-19 articles are substantially higher than other topics.
Ministry of Digital Development and Information
6 August 2024
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