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Treat Facebook like something between a telco and a newspaper, says CEO
MUNICH: Online content should be regulated with a system somewhere between the existing rules used for the telecoms and media industries, Facebook (FB.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg told global leaders and security chiefs yesterday. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in
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Health Ministry: Allegation of five COVID-19 cases in Klang Hospital a hoax
The Health Ministry has refuted the allegation that there are five positive COVID-19 cases at Klang Hospital, after a video clip on it went viral on social media yesterday. In a Facebook post, the ministry said the five-second video clip
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Hisham: Penang Hospital patient’s death not due to COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR: The death of a patient at a hospital in Penang yesterday is not due to COVID-19 infection, said Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. In a statement, he said results of the clinical samples taken from
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Fear mongering, fake news are more detrimental to health, economy
KUALA LUMPUR: The act of spreading misinformation and half-truths is nothing new; it has gone on for generations in the form of tea-time talks and gossips, with the cost being mostly broken relationships rather than any damage to the pocketbook or economy. But times have changed.
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Existing laws sufficient to address spread of fake news – Gobind
SEREMBAN: Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo said the existing laws in the country are sufficient for the government to take action against individuals who spread false information and news. As such, he said, the question of re-introducing the repealed Anti-Fake
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Trader charged with fake news on coronavirus
KUALA TERENGGANU: A trader pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today to a charge with making a statement conducing to public mischief on the 2019 novel coronavirus infection. Marzuki Abdullah, 40, was alleged to have made a statement
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13 investigation papers opened on spread of fake news on coronavirus
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 13 investigation papers were opened for spreading fake news on novel coronavirus 2019 cluster through social media sites. One case had been filed in the Kuala Lumpur Court this morning, while two others, one each in Kuala Terengganu
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‘Ibu Yati’ charged with fear mongering regarding coronavirus on FB
KUALA LUMPUR: A journalist pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court here to three charges of making statements on Facebook regarding novel coronavirus 2019 which are likely to cause fear or alarm to the public. Wan Noor Hayati Wan Alias, 41, entered the plea
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Lim: UiTM should dismiss Musa Hassan (poster boy) as lecturer
UiTM should dismiss Musa Hassan as lecturer at its Centre of Media and Information Warfare Studies (CMIWS) as the former IGP has become a “poster boy” not only for media illiteracy but also for lies, fake news and hate speech
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DPM: Stop spreading fake news on coronavirus
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail called on people not to spread fake news on the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak that affecting the world, including Malaysia. She said such a move could create
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