Gov’t Worldwide Cracking Down on ‘Fake News’, Writing and Even Sharing Now Leads to JAIL
These governments say that they are protecting their citizens from misinformation, but what they are really doing is protecting themselves from competition. By John Vibes As governments across the world attempt to fight back against “fake news,” Malaysia has set a troubling precedent by banning news stories it deems to be “fake” with a new law that imposes a penalty of up to 6 years in prison for violators. Under the new bill, titled Anti-Fake News 2018, “news, information, data, and reports which is or are wholly or partly false” are now illegal. The penalties do not only apply to...
These governments say that they are protecting their citizens from misinformation, but what they are really doing is protecting themselves from competition. By John Vibes As governments across the world attempt to fight back against “fake news,” Malaysia has set...
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