From correction orders to take-downs, we look at the levers to stem the spread of online falsehoods.
SINGAPORE: On Monday , the Government tabled the Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill in Parliament as it looks to better equip itself to handle fake news and the ilk when it appears.
The story may have featured interviews, but the report played up false claims and gave no or little coverage of police’s findings that no rape took place. These orders require either the person who spread the deliberate online falsehood or the platform hosting the falsehood to disable online access to it.
So, an account restriction order can require social media platforms to disable an inauthentic online account or bot from further communication in Singapore.The account has spread a falsehood in Singapore that undermines public interest
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