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SINGAPORE, April 17 (dpa): Singapore's Health Ministry has invoked a fake news law to force an opposition party to publish corrections to Facebook posts implying coronavirus vaccinations can lead to stroke or death.
The ministry said earlier this week that it "instructed" the government office responsible for implementing the 2019 Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act "to issue correction directions" to the Singapore People's Party (SPP) and leader Goh Meng Seng.
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