WASHINGTON DC (AFP) – Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their citizens, in a worrisome…
SINGAPORE (AFP) – Technology giant Google said Thursday Singapore’s new law against “fake news” could hurt innovation, a crucial element in the high-tech…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWANÂ –Â The Brunei Darussalam Meteorological Department (BDMD) is jumping on the social media bandwagon to disseminate verified information and quell misleading or…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Members of the public can now report fake or malicious information circulated on social media to the Darussalam Hotline…
It’s been two years since “fake news” first appeared as a topic of mainstream conversation — a term popularised by Donald Trump and…
Fake news threatens to disrupt the social harmony and peaceful foundation of ASEAN if not tackled swiftly, said a senior Brunei official on…
Inflammatory stories masquerading as real news pose a particularly toxic threat in Asian countries with long-standing religious and ethnic divides, but promises by…