Singapore’s ‘Fake News’ Law: Targeting Critics, Opponents

Fake news is what the government says it is

When the Singapore government passed its “Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act” in May of 2019, commonly known as POFMA, the fear was that just about any minister could use it against pretty much any target and that it would serve as a deterrent to political free speech.

That seems largely to have come true, the law’s critics say. Since…