Hanoi, April 24 -- Singapore (VNA) - Singaporean authorities have blocked access to six inauthentic websites after finding they were operated by foreign actors and could potentially be used in hostile information campaigns (HICs) against Singapore.
A joint statement issued on April 23 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said the websites masquerade as Singapore websites by spoofing or using terms associated with the country in their domain name.
During the general election 2025, four of them carried election-related news over the course of the 10-day campaign period before the May 3 polls, the statement said.
Notably, most of these websites became active only after the Writ of Electio...