Singapore Prime Minister defends fake news law amid criticism

Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore's prime minister, speaking during a Bloomberg Television interview on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. He has defended the city-state’s new "fake news” law amid criticisms that his government has been using it to target opposition leaders and critics. - Bloomberg

SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday (Jan 24) has defended the city-state’s new "fake news” law amid criticisms that his government has been using it to target opposition leaders and critics.

Singapore’s legislation "deals with a very narrow problem, which is when untrue, deliberate untruths are posted online which have public policy implications, public order implications and which are false,” Lee said in an interview with Bloomberg’s Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait.