Facebook Now Altering Users' Posts To Add Singapore Government's 'Fake News' Warnings

Facebook Now Altering Users' Posts To Add Singapore Government's 'Fake News' Warnings

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191203/09045143494/facebook-now-altering-users-posts-to-add-singapore-governments-fake-news-warnings.shtml

Singapore's "fake news" law continues to pay off for the Singaporean government. It's already been used to target allegations made by political opposition leaders and now it's converted Facebook to an extension of the ruling government.

Alex Tan, the founder of "anti-establishment" news site State Times Review has been irritating the Singapore government for a few years now. Late last year, his site published an article claiming Singapore's prime minister was complicit in laundering Malaysian government funds through Singapore's banks.