Singapore ranked 4th in global study on online civility; Kindness Movement hosts Internet talk show

The Straits Times, page B1, 17 Feb - https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/tech-news/singapore-ranked-4th-in-global-study-on-online-civility-kindness-movement-gears-up

People in Singapore had fewer negative online experiences, such as unwanted sexual contact, last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This helped the country jump four places to No. 4 in an annual study of how digitally civil societies are. This is according to the study by American tech giant Microsoft released last Wednesday (Feb 10). There was also a drop in online risks to one's reputation, from 18 per cent in 2019 to 13 per cent last year. These risks include getting doxxed and having one's personal and professional reputation tarred online. Assoc Prof Edson Tandoc Jr from the NTU said that it could be possible that online sexual and reputation risks fell here because of family intervention. There could have been "increased parental mediation of digital media use, which could have mitigated exposure to and the effects of negative digital content", he said, adding that further studies are needed to draw a conclusion.