The draft law against online falsehoods will not affect the right to free speech, and could even encourage it by exposing people to more viewpoints, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said yesterday.
"I will say we are behind the curve in the sense that there are a lot of falsehoods being propagated. This means the facts will be put up along with the false content, and people can decide for themselves what they want to believe, he added. "The criminal sanctions only apply when there was deliberateness in the conduct, if they knew it was a falsehood and they were deliberately putting it out and it impacts on public interest," he said."So, innocent sharing won't attract criminal responsibility."
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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