The tech giant’s capitulation, while unsurprising, sets an ominous precedent that others would be happy to follow.
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Kirsten Han is a freelance journalist and editor-in-chief of New Naratif, a platform of Southeast Asian journalism, research, art and community-building that she founded with, among others, Dr Thum Pingtjin. She had also appeared before the Singaporean parliament’s Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods.