n Facebook published a correction on a user’s post Saturday following a demand from Singapore, the first time a tech giant has complied with the city-state’s law against misinformation. Authorities had ordered the social media giant to correct a post promoting an article on a fringe news site containing “scurrilous accusations” of election rigging, ramping up their use of a controversial law against misinformation.
The law gives ministers powers to tell platforms to put warnings next to posts they deem false, but that activists fear could be used to curb free speech. A post by Alex Tan — who runs anti-government website the States Times Review — had a correction notice placed below it after a government request, Facebook confirmed. On Thursday authorities had ordered Tan to put up a correction next to his November 23 post on elections.