At the end of 2017, the parliament of the Polynesian island nation unanimously voted to revive its criminal libel law after Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said it is needed to fight ghostwriters and troublemakers, despite opposition from media freedom advocates.
Mwishoni mwa mwaka 2017, Bunge la nchi ya kisiwa cha Polynesian walipiga kura bila kupingwa juu ya kurudisha sheria yake ya jinai ya maandishi ya kukashfu  baada ya waziri mkuu Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi kusema  inapaswa kupambana na waandishi waongo na wakorofi, licha ya upinzani mkali kutoka kwa mawakili wa vyombo vya habari.