SINGAPORE - A spokesman for Facebook has expressed concern that a proposed law against online falsehoods here would"compel" it to remove content deemed to be false by the Singapore government and to push out corrections to its users.
Under the law, Internet platforms including social media networks like Facebook will be required to act swiftly to limit the spread of falsehoods by displaying corrections alongside such posts, or removing them. Failure to comply could result in fines of up to $1 million. Google also said it would study the bill to determine its next steps while urging the Government to"allow for a full and transparent public consultation on the proposed legislation".
During hearings in March last year by a Select Committee studying the issue of deliberate online falsehoods, Mr Milner was questioned for three hours by Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam over a major Facebook breach that saw 50 million users' private data being exploited by political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica.
Yeah, this may hit their fake news business