Singapore’s ‘fake news’ law targets a Facebook post about Salt Bae - The Washington Post

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Singapore invoked its “fake news” law for the first time Monday, making a citizen amend a Nov. 13 post that the government said used “false and misleading statements” to smear reputations. But the first use of the law did not focus on misinformation sown by a foreign state or that aimed to provoke sectarianism in Singapore’s multiethnic state, two stated aims of the “fake news” law.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/11/25/first-target-singapores-fake-news-law-is-facebook-post-that-alleged-failed-state-investment-salt-bae/

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