Josie Ford
HOW do you fight fake news? You could impose more stringent regulation on big tech companies, as the European Union has attempted to do, or even break them up, as US presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has demanded. You might roll out awareness campaigns, or make tech companies hire more fact checkers, as Facebook has been doing. Or, if you are Singapore, you could just ban it.
On 8 May, the country’s parliament passed the . The law requires individuals and social media platforms to take down, or issue corrections alongside, content deemed…
