Singapore is going to enact a law to prevent extensively spreading fake news on the Internet. On Monday, the resolution was proposed in the country's parliament. If it becomes a law, the government will get huge power and fear that the freedom of speech will be constrained by various Internet organizations and human rights organizations.
According to the proposal raised in Parliament, if some government posts posted in social media like Facebook are fake, it will remove 'public interest' and also warn the poster.
Two days after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg urged world governments to play a more active role in controlling Internet content, the Singapore government took this step.
Simon Milner, who is working on Facebook's Asia-Pacific Policy issue, said he was concerned about the consequences of the law. Through the law, the Executive Department of Singapore is given so much power that what they believe to be false, it will be forced to remove the institutions and warn the users to send the message given to the government.
Asia International Coalition's Managing Director Jeff Pine said such laws are risky for freedom of expression and it can spread broadly across the world, including Singapore.
Singaporean law minister K. Shanmugam told reporters that the new law will not stand in an independent opinion. This will only apply to fake news. It will not have any effect in the case of the opinion. Anyone can express any kind of logical absurdity.
In the world of information technology, the dominant Facebook, Twitter, Google-Asia-headquartered office of all organizations is in southeast Asia, Singapore. 50 years ago, the country was liberated from the subjugation of the British. Since then, a political party has been operating the country. According to the country's government, the country is at risk due to the spread of false news due to being a global economic hub and people living in small ethnicities and different religions and having wide access to the Internet.
Singapore's position in 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index is 151. The country's position is below Russia and Myanmar.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote an open letter on the opinion page of the Washington Post newspaper, calling for regulatory agencies and governments to play a more active role in controlling Internet content. In this letter, Zuckerberg said it is very difficult to take responsibility for the monitoring of harmful content alone for any organization. He said he wants to see new laws for the technology companies. He said that new laws should be applicable for all websites, so that the use of any platform to stop the spread of harmful content is easy.
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