Singapore orders foreigners’ Facebook posts taken down under new election rules

Singapore has ordered Facebook parent Meta to block Singaporeans’ access to posts made by three foreigners accused of trying to influence a national election early next month on racial and religious lines. Two of the people whose posts were blocked rejected the accusations.

The Infocomm Media Development Authority issued the orders after some posts by the foreigners were deemed as “intended to promote or prejudice the electoral success or standing of a political party or candidate”, the Elections Department and Ministry of Home Affairs said in a…