Singapore fake news laws upset tech giants

[misskit]

TECH giants have reacted with horror after Singapore proposed laws against fake news allowing authorities to order the removal of content and impose hefty fines, in what critics say is an assault on free speech.


The government unveiled a bill last week containing tough measures, including powers for ministers to order social media sites like Facebook to put warnings next to posts authorities believe to be false and in extreme cases take them down.

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[Norton]

hefty fines

[harrybarracuda]

I don't get this no smoking shit.

There are ashtrays outside every hotel and in the CBD.

No-one bats a fucking eyelid.

I remember some seppo on here squealing away because he didn't believe I asked someone in transit where the smoking area was and was directed outside to it.