First application of Fake News Prohibition Act Singapore 25th November 20:25
The Singaporean government announced that it was the first to apply a law prohibiting the spread of lie information and fake news on the Internet to Facebook posts of local opposition lawmakers. In response, opposition lawmakers argued that “there is no lie and that it is not wrong”.
The Singaporean government announced on the 25th that the law that prohibited the spread of lie information and fake news on the Internet, which just came into force last month, was applied for the first time to opposition members' posts on Facebook.
The opposition lawmakers reported that Facebook's investment of S $ 4 billion (over 300 billion yen in Japanese yen) in urban development in India based on the government's intentions was made in Facebook this month. I posted a content to criticize that it was.
On the other hand, the Singaporean government pointed out that “the government has no intention, and the investment amount is only millions of Singapore dollars”, and it is judged that it is lie information, fake news.
The opposition lawmakers argue, “I am not lying and not wrong. The government is demanding more transparency and accountability.”
While this law requires the government to maintain the social order of a multi-ethnic nation, it is a political objection from the local civil society that the government determines whether it is fake news. There were also concerns that it could be misused for crackdowns.