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SINGAPORE – A number of search engines and social media platforms – including Google, Baidu, Facebook and Twitter – must now comply with general correction directions under the fake news law.
Several Internet intermediaries were temporarily exempted from such directions when the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) took effect last October.
However, that exemption will be lifted on Friday (Jan 31), the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) said on Thursday, adding that “this move is critical given the evolving situation with the Wuhan coronavirus”.
Misinformation on the spread of the virus has swirled online recently, in Singapore and globally.
General correction directions are different from targeted correction directions that require a user or Internet platform to carry a correction notice on a post, article or other content containing a falsehood.
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