Singapore issues first correction order under 'fake news' law
The term &quot;Fake News&quot; is an interesting one.<p>It first described how news sites would pop up and spread totally false stories that would get social media users outraged to share it to their friends.<p>However those that benefitted from the &quot;fake news&quot; realised that they could have all the advantage by calling those calling them out by saying &quot;no u&quot;<p>Fake news in the context of dangerous lies like &quot;You can make a more effective cleaner by mixing bleach and ammonia&quot; is easy to call out.<p>But political &quot;fake news&quot; is tricky. 
Those that are the beneficiaries of the fake news are often those in power and&#x2F;or also have an influence on the media.<p>So a law like that can easily be used to silence opposition.<p>It&#x27;s like anti-terror laws being used to go after vandals. It just becomes another tool.