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Fake News is What the Singapore Government Says it is

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Nov 29, 2019
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The Singapore government’s first use of its new law against “fake news” raises a critical question about the country’s definition of news and the relationship of news to demonstrable facts.

Opposition politician Brad Bowyer was ordered by Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat to make a “correction” to a posting on his Facebook page wh…

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