New Delhi, June 6 -- Authorities in Singapore directed major social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and X on Saturday to block access to content targeting the Indian community and undermining the country's model of multiculturalism.

The directive from Singapore's home ministry, said police, have targeted 14 specific posts that appeared to promote a narrative that Singapore is being over-run by Indians.

One post featured Singapore's Indian-origin President Tharman Shanmugaratnam to make a claim that there is over-representation of Indians in the city state's government.

While the directive did not state whether anyone was behind the promotion of the narrative, it noted that posts began circulating online last month "in the Chi...