SINGAPORE: Singapore has ordered Facebook parent Meta to block Singaporeans’ access to posts made by foreigners, ahead of a national election under rules restricting their social media posts.
The Infocomm Media Development Authority issued the orders after some posts by foreigners were deemed as “intended to promote or prejudice the electoral success or standing of a political party or candidate”, the elections department and ministry of home affairs said in a statement yesterday.
The Southeast Asian city state’s election on May 3, the first under the social media rules put in place by the government in 2023, is almost certain to be dominated by the People’s Action Party, which has won the most seats in every vote since independence in 1965.