Singapore Weighs Powers to Block Content on TikTok, Facebook (1)

Singapore will create an agency with powers to block harmful online content on platforms including TikTok and Facebook, saying it’s stepping up efforts to fight threats from deep fakes to online bullying.

The Online Safety Commission, after receiving victim reports, can demand platforms take down material and mobile applications for users in Singapore, the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and Ministry of Law said in a joint statement.

Governments around the world are responding to the way AI is turbocharging the spread of harmful content on social media, allowing the targeting of victims with everything from increasingly realistic deep ...