ASEAN – Wake Up, Singapore, an alternative news website, has apologized to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) for publishing false claims against the hospital. They claimed that they were given misinformation at every point and that the call logs, invoices, and contact with the complaint may have all been fabricated in a social media post on Friday (March 25). …

Realities are supplanted by sentiments as the teller attempts to persuade the audience of a specific perspective, particularly if the teller sees himself as more learned on the theme than his crowd and the impact is intensified via web-based media. Supporters don’t generally tap on shared substance to peruse the first work for themselves, yet they regularly acknowledge the end …

PETALING JAYA: Bernama stated that the police are ready to take action against someone who spreads false news about the Covid-19 vaccine or discourages individuals from taking the vaccine. In fact, Deputy Inspector-General of Police (igp) acryl sani in general said that if there was normally some report submitted on the issue, an investigation paper would essentially be opened. “So …

SINGAPORE – When tackling fake news, social media platforms are hindered by their commercial interests, the Singapore law minister said, stressing the need for the city-state law against online falsehoods, which critics say stifles free speech. K. Shanmugam, speaking on Thursday in an interview for broadcast at the Reuters Next conference on Tuesday, defended the new city-state law against Facebook’s …

Parliament is taking a huge action in order to deal with false news and with this, the government will use current regulations. Looking back, on the 30th of January of this year the Anti-Fake News Act was officially repealed. In relation to this, current laws such as the Penal Code, the Printing and Printing Presses and Publications Act and the …

TAWAU: The police have denied viral claims circulating on social media that they have imposed a travel ban on Tawau and Lahad Datu following the discovery of new covid-19 clusters in the two districts. Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali denied that the information being circulated were true and that the police never received orders on the alleged travel ban. …

METRO MANILA – Game show host Willie Revillame on his show yesterday aired out his sentiments on the recent article published Rappler where it said the he ‘hijacked’ the Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque’s press briefing to promote his show. According to Revillame, he was offended by Pia Ranada’s write up “Willie Revillame hijacks Roque press briefing to promote charity, GMA7 …

Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah today unveiled a news channel under Radio Television Malaysia ( RTM), a state-owned broadcaster, as part of the Putrajaya campaign to fight so-called “false news.” The communications and multimedia minister said the station, renamed Saluran Berita RTM (Malay’s RTM News Channel), will be broadcasting on channel 123 of MYFreeview and is also multilingual. Saluran Berita RTM @beritartm …

MANILA – Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday said she has had enough of malicious claims tarnishing her name and would take legal actions on individual spreading false information. While Robredo supports the decriminalization of libel and cyber libel, She now want the people to be accountable of spreading fake news The Vice President claims that “trolls” were behind the …

KUALA LUMPUR – A food deliveryman was compounded RM5,000 for posting fake news on his social media platform Whatsapp by the Selayang Magistrate’s Court on Monday (April 20) Azwan Mohd Salleh, 23, told a co-worker at a department store had tested positive for COVID-19. He pleaded guilty to the charge.  Magistrate Nik Mohd Fadli Nik Azlan handed his sentence. The …