Blogger tests Singapore's fake news law by rebuffing correction order
Blogger tests Singapore's fake news law by rebuffing correction order by Reuters Thursday, 28 November 2019 09:24 GMT SINGAPORE, Nov 28 (Reuters) - A blogger said on Thursday he would not comply with a Singapore government order to correct a Facebook post in the first test of the city-state's new 'fake news' law. Singapore's home ministry said the post on the Facebook page of a blog called the States Times Review, which contained allegations of election rigging, was "false" and "scurrilous". It marks the second case in days under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), which also allows government ministers to instruct internet firms like Facebook to correct or block access to content they deem false. Rights groups have raised concerns the fake news law could be used to stifle free speech and chill dissent in the city state, charges government officials have denied. "States Times Review and it's