MDDI's response to PQ on Public Searches on Factually Gov Website Relating to Falsehoods

Parliament Sitting on 6 August 2024

QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

37. 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.

Answer:

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, CPF and public housing. Page views of COVID-19 articles are substantially higher than other topics.