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SINGAPORE- Facebook has been ordered by the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) office to disable access to the National Times Singapore (NTS) Facebook…
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HONG KONG (AFP) – False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of panic…
View More Coronavirus misinformation fuels panic in Asia
SINGAPORE – Beware of a fake bulletin about people going door to door to subdue residents and rob their homes under the pretence of distributing…
View More Police warn against fake bulletin warning residents of door-to-door mask distribution
SINGAPORE – An online post that alleged the police had fined a delivery rider for wearing a cloth mask is false. Officers were instead assisting…
View More Pofma office orders The Temasek Review to correct FB post alleging police fined delivery rider for cloth mask
LONDON (REUTERS) – Britain’s media regulator Ofcom is assessing an ITV programme after a presenter questioned why the mainstream media had slapped down a conspiracy…
View More UK media regulator to assess ITV programme over 5G-coronavirus conspiracy
SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) – Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp tightened message forwarding limits on Tuesday (April 7), restricting users to sharing forwarded content one chat at a…
View More WhatsApp limits message forwarding to slow spread of coronavirus misinformation
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…
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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…
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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…
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