TODAY-Nov 28
Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has launched a civil lawsuit against social media giant TikTok
Social media giant TikTok is facing a civil lawsuit from Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam after it failed to assist him in identifying three users who had each allegedly uploaded a video spreading false allegations about him. On Tuesday (Nov 28), TODAY obtained copies of three affidavits filed by Mr Shanmugam’s lawyers from WongPartnership, which detailed the allegations that he has repeatedly dismissed as “false and baseless”. The affidavits were filed in support of Mr Shanmugam’s application for court orders requiring TikTok to produce documents and information that would help to identify the users involved. The affidavits stated that the video-sharing site had refused to provide him with the basic personal information of the three users unless a court order was obtained. In a response to TODAY’s queries, TikTok’s lawyers from law firm Rajah & Tann said that they were not able to provide any comment on the matter. In his affidavits, Mr Shanmugam states that he has never engaged in such an affair.
In an effort to clarify the false allegations, he said on his Facebook account in August that the allegations attributed to his former wife were written by an imposter and that his ex-wife had told him that she did not write them, that it was an imposter who made up the allegations. Read more at: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/shanmugam-court-order-require-tiktok-name-users-false-allegations-extramarital-2314151?cid=internal_mcdrecs_29112023_tdy#mdcrecs_s
