Singapore Orders Facebook, X to Block Chinese Tycoon Guo’s Posts

Singapore directed social media platforms to block nearly 100 online accounts of exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui over posts deemed detrimental to the interests of the city-state.

The directive was issued under the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 to X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok and seeks to block access of 95 accounts to users in Singapore, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement.

Guo Wengui

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Singapore government investigations found Guo and his affiliated organizations — the New Federal State of China and the Himalaya Supervisory Organisation — used social media to spread a variety of narratives that ...