SINGAPORE: Facebook apologised on Friday after links to the website of media company The Independent Singapore were blocked, saying that it was"an error" and"not an attempt to silence political speech".
The content blocked included photos of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's younger brother Mr Lee Hsien Yang as well as the Progress Singapore Party's secretary-general Dr Tan Cheng Bock, it said. "We suspect this could be a wider block on political material and certainly not an isolated case, but are quite mystified having heard no word whatsoever from Facebook," it said.Publisher Kumaran Pillai on Thursday asked for readers' patience as they tried to sort out the issue.
"The blocks were enforced at about 9am today. We were able to post content before that," he added."Please bear with us while we sort this out with FB."
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
These so called new 'big brother' of social media tycoons. So much for freedom of speech. Too good to be true.
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