Singapore Looks To Tighten Screws on ‘Fake News’ – Asia Sentinel

The government of Singapore, which has some of the most stringent controls on freedom of the press outside of North Korea, is holding an eight-day parliamentary committee hearing into “deliberate online falsehoods,” or fake news. The hearing, which commenced on March 14 and is scheduled to end on March 29, is said to be “looking at ways Singapore can thwart deliberate online falsehoods.”  Officials say the government intends to formulate new legislation in the coming weeks after the hearings are completed.