Key facts
- Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs ordered social media platforms to block 14 posts.
- The posts targeted the Indian community and undermined multiculturalism.
- Directions were issued under the Online Criminal Harms Act.
- Platforms must disable access for Singaporean users.
Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced on Saturday that three social media platforms have been ordered to block access to 14 posts. The MHA stated that these posts "target the Indian community and undermine Singapore's model of multiculturalism." The police issued disabling directions under the Online Criminal Harms Act to block the content on YouTube, Facebook, and X. The directive mandates that the platforms "take all reasonable steps to disable access by Singapore users to these posts."