Singapore (VNA), Feb. 19 -- Facebook on February 18 disabled access to the States Times Review (STR) Facebook page, making it unavailable to users in Singapore as the page published falsehoods on various issues in the country, including the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.

The social media giant was asked to do so on February 17 by the office overseeing the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA).

The STR Facebook page, run by Singaporean Alex Tan who says he is an Australian citizen based overseas, has received three correction directions under the fake news law since last November. Two had to do with the virus outbreak.

After Tan ignored all the directions, the STR page was designated a declared online ...