Singapore's draft law to curb the spread of online falsehoods does not restrict opinion and will not affect academic research work, the Ministry of Education said in response to concerns raised by a group of academics.
Social media companies can also be required to block access to accounts that purvey falsehoods, among other things. They said"facts" are confirmed or denied through the process of research, and continuously reappraised as new data and analysis become available over time. They also raised concerns about the"broad definition" of public interest in the Bill, and its requirement that technology companies be responsible for content posted on their platforms.
"We hope that government deliberations of the proposed law will take into account these concerns of the global academic community, clarify the law's applications to academia, and ensure safeguards for scholarly research and its online outreach, to minimise the likely adverse effects on global as well as local innovation, knowledge production and dissemination," they added.
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