Singapore orders Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms

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Singapore orders Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms
Singapore's police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said. The order under the nation's Online Criminal Harms Act came after the police observed scams on Apple's iMessage and Google Messages ...

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