Singapore's 'fake news' law nabs the opposition.
government-enforced correction to an post saying that white collar workers were being laid off and replaced by foreigners.“Fake news” strikes again! And loses. This time, it’s forced corrections on any news printed, posted or aired. At least in Singapore.
The “fake news” rule means those caught up in the government’s info dragnet have to put up corrections alongside the posts and article and link to data provided by Singapore’s government owned fact-checking website,One of the statements that got MOM mad was the SDP’s illustrative stat showing local professional employment had gone down. Professional employment includes managerial and high-level technicians and engineers.
Another post titled “SDP Population Policy: Hire Singaporeans First, Retrench Singaporeans last” also breached the “fake news” laws, apparently. MOM said the article was misleading regarding layoffs, or retrenchment. Instead, the official word is that there has been no rising trend of layoffs in the sector since 2015 .
SDP is the opposition to the ruling People’s Action Party, led by Harvard educated Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The Party has been around since the 1950s, and is considered more of a big-tent party, leaning more pro-business.... [+]
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