Q: Why did the government introduce this new legislation and what are the challenges, seeing that there are some existing laws to stem fake news? The Philippines has already drafted a bill to tackle fake news, which is the Anti-Fake News Bill 2017, which makes it an offence to offer, publish, distribute and spread fake news. At the same time, the bill also creates temporary measures to stem fake news while investigation and prosecution is being done. A: The bill regulates the dissemination of fake news in any medium of publication and is not restricted to social media. Q: Will this bill address the dissemination of fake news in its entirety?

Source: New Strait Times March 26, 2018 13:07 UTC