Singapore orders social media firms to block 95 accounts tied to exiled Chinese businessman

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has ordered five social media platforms to block users in the city-state from accessing 95 accounts mostly linked to exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui, the government said on Friday. 

The direction was issued to X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Tiktok under the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act on accounts that published more than 120 posts between April 17 and May 10 on Singapore's leadership transition. 

The posts alleged Singapore was "in the pocket of a foreign actor, and that the foreign actor was behind the scenes in the selection of Singapore's fourth generation leader", the Home Affairs Ministry said in a media statement.

 By Xinghui Kok.

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