This is the first such use of the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act.
It was the first time the Ministry of Home Affairs gave orders under the Fica to block these accounts from Singapore-based users.
– a self-exiled Chinese businessman, Communist Party of China critic and convicted fraudster. They put forward the claim that China was involved in the selection of Singapore’s fourth-generation leader. Another account – “wen great channel” – was terminated for violating its policies on spam, deceptive practices and scams, and a fourth account, 八九六四666, was terminated for circumventing its terms of service, according to YouTube.
TikTok confirmed that it has complied with the directive by restricting the account for users in Singapore, and said that it continuously works to detect and disrupt covert influence operations that try to establish themselves on its platform. The ministry said it directed Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and X to block these accounts under Fica, a law that empowers the authorities to deal with covert attempts by hostile foreign entities to interfere in domestic politics.
The posts included statements like “Singapore is in the CCP’s back pocket”, accompanied by videos of Guo speaking in Mandarin or occasionally using automated voice-overs in English. CCP is another abbreviation for the CPC.
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