Singapore is close to implementing a law that could force websites to run government 'correction notices' alongside content it deems false.
Singapore is close to passing a law that could force websites to run government"correction notices" alongside content it deems false, and the new rules are likely to affect how big social media companies like Facebook and Twitter operate in the country.
"This legislation deals with false statements of fact," Singapore Minister for Law K. Shanmugam told reporters on Monday morning."It doesn't deal with opinions. It doesn't deal with viewpoints. You can have whatever viewpoints however reasonable or unreasonable." U.S.-based social media companies are increasingly under scrutiny by governments outside the United States, especially in Europe. Singapore's new law would appear to go further than anything on the books in the European Union, however.
Sites that run afoul of the law three times in six months can have their"ability to profit" cut off, according to a press release issued by the Singapore Ministry of Law on Monday night local time.Facebook is dealing with scrutiny from several governments, within the United States and beyond. The company's troubles began in earnest last year when it was revealed that a U.K.
"Our own preference is that, actually, leave the material there. Just have something which says, 'This is inaccurate. For the truth, go to such-and-such a place.' And that way, in a sense, people can read whatever they want and make up their own mind," he said.
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