The Asian city-state is requiring Facebook and other tech companies to quickly correct user-posted misinformation flagged by the government
SINGAPORE—In an effort to combat misinformation online, Singapore has passed a law requiring Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Twitter Inc. and other social-media companies with regional headquarters here to rapidly issue corrections when users post items the government deems false.
The law, passed by Parliament late Wednesday, goes further than existing or proposed restrictions in many other countries by giving power directly to politicians to distinguish truth from falsehoods. Lawmakers dismissed criticism from technology...
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