Facebook adds 'correction' to post under new Singapore fake news law

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Facebook adds a correction notice to a user's social media post that Singapore's Government said contained false information.

Facebook has added a correction notice to a post that Singapore's Government said contained false information, raising fresh questions about how the company will adhere to government requests to regulate content.Singapore's Government initially order the States Times Review blog's Alex Tan to"correct" the post

Singapore said the allegations were"false" and"scurrilous" and initially ordered user Alex Tan, who runs the States Times Review blog, to issue the correction notice on the post. On Saturday Facebook said it had issued a correction notice at the request of the Singapore Government, but called for a measured approach to the implementation of the new"fake news" law.

 

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