Wardle, whose group finds solutions to challenges faced by trust and truth in the digital age, was one of the speakers at the conference on how fake news and disinformation undermine people’s freedoms. “One of my biggest concerns globally is that 2018 is the year of governments and fake news inquiries. No agreed definitionIronically, she added, government authorities might want to regulate fake news even when there had yet to be an agreed definition of the term. ADVERTISEMENTHe cited the case of one of his own relatives who shared an old 2016 GMA report announcing classes had been suspended. Overcoming fearsSeverino said he believed that people who were initially intimidated online were now learning to overcome their fears.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 12, 2018 23:15 UTC