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Re:Singapore tells Facebook to correct post under new fake n... by gruez on Thursday November 28, 2019 @11:54PM (#21662146)
Yes.

Follow up question: should a real democracy have a Ministry of Truth?

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Re:Singapore tells Facebook to correct post under new fake n... by throwaway864231 on Friday November 29, 2019 @12:07AM (#21662197)
What I find interesting is how the discussions change based on who is involved.

For example, everyone seems to agree that ISIS videos should be removed.

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Re:Singapore tells Facebook to correct post under new fake n... by kortilla on Friday November 29, 2019 @02:06AM (#21662656)
Not because of falsehoods
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Re:Singapore tells Facebook to correct post under new fake n... by trickstra on Friday November 29, 2019 @01:18AM (#21662464)
Really? Allowed as in without punishment? Is that the world you want to live in?
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Re:Singapore tells Facebook to correct post under new fake n... by semiotagonal on Friday November 29, 2019 @01:49AM (#21662593)
Sure. It's the world Americans already live in, except for certain specifically defined types of lies (e.g. fraud, perjury, libel of non-public figures, etc).

Of interest: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/does-th...

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