Singapore said on Friday it had instructed Facebook to outcome a correction on a post on the social media platform under its new fake news law, after the user declined a government entreat to do so.
Singapore ordered blogger Alex Tan on Thursday to correct a post on the Facebook page of a blog called the States At all times Review that carried accusations of election rigging, saying they were “false” and “scurrilous”.
Tan, who does not end in Singapore and says he is an Australian citizen, said in a subsequent post he would not comply with the Asian city-state’s apply for.
On Friday, the office administering the law, know as the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), said it had “instructed” Facebook to outcome the correction after Tan’s “non-compliance”, adding it had “commenced investigations against Tan”.
Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and Tan’s newel was unchanged at 11.30 a.m. (0330 GMT).