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HONG KONG (AFP) – From being duped into taking poisonous “cures”, to watching businesses crumble and avoiding life-saving medication, people are suffering devastating real-world impacts…
View More Fake cures, risky rumours: coronavirus misinformation hits home
WASHINGTON (AFP) – YouTube has unveiled a fresh effort to stem the spread of coronavirus misinformation with a “news shelf” on its homepage promoting “authoritative…
View More YouTube to promote 'authoritative' coronavirus content on homepage
Not sure if that WhatsApp message or e-mail on the Wuhan virus is fake news? Ask The Straits Times, and we will help you pin…
View More Coronavirus: Not sure if something is fake news? Ask ST
SINGAPORE – No Singaporean contracted the Wuhan coronavirus without going to China and Singapore has not run out of masks, said the Government on Friday…
View More Wuhan virus: Govt debunks fake news on Singaporeans contracting the virus and Singapore running out of masks
SINGAPORE – The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has requested a further hearing in the first court challenge against fake news law corrections, to deal with what…
View More Pofma challenge: AGC seeks further hearing, says SDP mischaracterised its arguments
SINGAPORE – Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam has rejected an application by the States Times Review (STR) website to cancel a correction notice issued under…
View More States Times Review's application to cancel Pofma order rejected; SDP files separate application
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia has scrapped the Anti-Fake News Act – a law criminalising fake news – on the second attempt…
View More Anti-fake news act in Malaysia scrapped
Have you come across a report about an investment scheme that sounds too good to be true? Or perhaps you have seen a video or…
View More Not sure if something is fake news? Ask ST
LONDON (AFP) – Twitter accused Britain’s governing Conservatives on Wednesday (Nov 20) of misleading the public by rebranding themselves as fact-checkers during a live TV…
View More Twitter accuses UK of misleading public in election row
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand unveiled an “anti-fake news” centre on Friday (Nov 1), the South-east Asian country’s latest effort to exert government control over a…
View More Thailand unveils 'anti-fake news' centre to police the Internet
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Twenty countries, including France, Britain and India, signed an agreement at the United Nations on Thursday (Sept 26) that aims to…
View More Countries at United Nations commit to fighting fake news
Have you come across a report about an investment scheme that sounds too good to be true? Or perhaps you have seen a video or…
View More Not sure if something is fake news? Ask ST
LONDON (REUTERS) – One of Facebook’s third-party fact-checkers accused Britain’s governing Conservative Party on Friday (Sept 13) of misrepresenting a BBC News article in its…
View More Facebook fact-checker finds UK Conservatives ran ads with altered BBC headline
SINGAPORE – Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam made clear on Friday (Sept 13) that satire is not covered by a new law to…
View More 'Erroneous' to suggest satire is covered by Pofma: Shanmugam on Media Literacy Council post