SINGAPORE -- The Singapore government has ordered an opposition politician to correct a Facebook post in the country's first application of a contentious "fake news" law, the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, or POFMA, which took effect in early October.
According to a statement from the POFMA Office, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat instructed the office to issue a correction direction to Brad Bowyer. The directive requires Bowyer to carry the correction notice in full at the top of his Facebook post.
