Well, fake news are illegal there. It's a different approach to the "western" one with pros and cons. As for gay rights, I am sure Singapore will revisit policies as soon as the neighboring Muslim countries will open up for some changes.
Living in Singapore sure seems to make people unable to deal with perfectly valid criticism.
Different as in completely wrong.
actually I think its illegal to criticize the government even if its true.
Where? Singapore? It's not illegal per se, but public criticism (not private; I know many civil servants who'll be happy to criticise some of our government's execution in person) is highly discouraged if they value a career in the civil service or any of the many organisations the PAP has their tentacles in.
when I was doing study abroad in Singapore, there was a class on corruption in south east Asian governments. However, they were not allowed to discuss Singapore in that class.