Chan Eu Imm

Singapore

News Anchor and Transport Editor at Channel NewsAsia

News Anchor & Editor @ChannelNewsAsia Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW)

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CNA Explains: How Singapore deals with online harms like image-based sexual abuse

Oct 13, 2024 | channelnewsasia.com | Chan Eu Imm

SINGAPORE: Every time she closes her eyes, she’s haunted by the thought that someone, somewhere has a topless photo of her – a photo which isn’t hers and which she never took, much less shared with others. Michelle* was just 14 when a picture of her in a tank top was manipulated into an image of her bare-chested, and then circulated online. “Every day felt like hell” when she went to school, where it seemed like "everybody was staring at me and talking behind my back”.
CNA Explains: How to tell a deepfake

Sep 13, 2024 | channelnewsasia.com | Chan Eu Imm

SINGAPORE: Amid growing global concern, Singapore has proposed a law to ban deepfakes of candidates during elections. The rise of such content - digitally manipulated to look or sound like someone else - has contributed to the increasing difficulty of determining if something online is authentic. Deepfakes have been used in scams involving political office holders – from United States president Joe Biden to Singapore’s past and present Prime Ministers – as well as celebrities like Taylor Swift.
CNA Explains: Is vaping ‘getting out of hand’ in Singapore, and what can be done?

Aug 3, 2024 | channelnewsasia.com | Chan Eu Imm

SINGAPORE: Vaping is illegal in Singapore. But that’s not stopping some people from picking it up and doing it regularly – including as early as in primary school. In December 2023, CNA reported on a grassroots campaign in the MacPherson neighbourhood calling for youths to surrender their vapes in exchange for a shopping voucher. The youngest to do so was 12 years old.