Singapore is considering legislation that academics around the world fear will restrict academic freedom. The proposal would allow "ministers to order internet service providers to block access to content in Singapore that the country deems false." Scholars fear censorship of contested topics that are published in journals and a decline among other countries' scholars to collaborate with those in Singapore. The Ministry of Education has countered in a statement indicating that the bill only addresses "verifiably false statements of fact" and "does not restrict opinion and will not affect academic research work."
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