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Using Fake News Laws for Censorship

When the Government Says You're Fake News In April [2019], legislation was introduced that would empower the [Singapore] government to demand that sites take down stories deemed—by the state—to be "fake news." Officials would also be able to force social media sites such as Facebook to include "warnings" on posts declared false. Resisting these orders and maligning the government could earn a person or company fines of up to $740,000 and potentially incarceration. Representatives of the Asia Internet Coalition, an…

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France is still in the midst of protests over inequality.

Billionaires raced to pledge money to rebuild Notre Dame. Then came the backlash. (Washington Post) For all of you posters below bemoaning a "bad reaction" to philanthropists, "it's their money", and there are billionaires in Brazil and what not. I get it. This article was TRYING to raise a big point, but failed to do so very miserably. If you read French (and French news), if you even read European news in English - you would KNOW what the "backlash"…

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