Singapore’s government has said the new law is not aimed at stifling free speech and is enforced independently of the election cycle. — AP
Singaporean diplomats are taking the lead in defending a two-month-old fake news law, challenging international media outlets and free-speech advocates it says are publishing misleading claims on the contentious legislation.
Since the law was enacted in October, authorities in the South-East Asian city-state have invoked it four times against critics and once against Facebook Inc, which was required to attach a government-issued "correction” to content deemed to contain falsehoods. Government officials have also countered critical media coverage of the law, known as the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act.
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