Photo: BloombergSingapore:Internet giants Facebook and Google on Thursday warned Singapore against introducing new laws to combat “fake news”, saying that existing legislation is adequate to address the problem. Executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter appeared before the committee Thursday, and are among scores of experts, academics and activists called to testify over eight days. Google also raised concerns about a fake news law, saying in a written submission that “an effective way of combating misinformation is through educating citizens on how to distinguish reliable from unreliable information”. About 164 people have written to the committee to give their views on combating fake news. Legislation is among the options under examination by the committee, and no details about any possible law have been made public.

Source: Mint March 22, 2018 11:15 UTC