Why We Challenged Singapore’s ‘Fake News’ Legislation | The Nation

For a ruling party that already dominates the mainstream media and has the power to set the national agenda, such a law is a handy weapon to add to the government’s arsenal of methods to suppress speech. It would allow PAP ministers to become the arbiters of truth in the first and second instance. The implications for freedom of expression, press freedom and even academic freedom were clear. What can Singaporean civil society do in such a situation? The honest answer: not much. But people acted anyway. We had to.