Singapore using fake news law to stifle government critics and opposition thesundaily Singapore FakeNews KShanmuga TheSun
: A Singapore opposition politician was asked to correct a Facebook post criticising state education spending on Monday, the fourth use of a new “fake news” law that has been used against government opponents.
In an effort to alleviate those concerns, Minister of Law K Shanmugam said when the legislation was passed in May that the law was meant to tackle “falsehoods”, “bots”, “trolls” and “fake accounts”, and that free speech would not be affected. The posts ranged from accusing the government of influencing decisions by the state investment fund to an assertion that white-collar unemployment was rising.
Lim responded on Facebook to defend his initial post saying it referred to grants and scholarships, and not overall spending, and he was considering legal options.
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