Singapore, April 16 -- Singapore's fake news law was invoked after unsubstantiated claims about vaccine-related adverse reactions were posted on Facebook and published online by an alternative news website.
In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said the Health Minister had instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to issue the correction directions.
Posts published on April 2 on the Facebook pages of Goh Meng Seng People's Power Party and Goh Meng Seng (Satu Singapura) implied that Covid-19 vaccination had caused or substantially contributed to a doctor in Singapore suffering a stroke.
Mr Goh is the secretary-general of the People's Power Party.
The same Facebook accounts a...