SINGAPORE: The States Times Review has been ordered to correct a Facebook post in the second correction direction handed out under Singapore’s “fake news” law, authorities said on Thursday .
The Nov 23 post alleged that a “whistleblower who exposed a People’s Action Party candidate’s Christian affiliations” has been arrested and that the owner of the NUSSU – NUS Students United Facebook page, which published the claims about the PAP candidate, is under police investigation. Facebook removed the NUSSU – NUS Students United Facebook page of its own accord as the page violated its authenticity policies, and the “fake accounts” linked to the page breached Facebook’s guidelines, the ministry said.The States Times Review also made other “scurrilous, absurd” allegations on Singapore’s election process, MHA said.
A check by CNA on the States Times Review Facebook page at 10.45am on Thursday found that the post was still up. No correction notice had been added to the post.
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