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THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: Should Singapore introduce a law to deal with online falsehoods? How else could we stem the scourge of fake news?

Published Sun, Feb 4, 2018 · 09:50 PM

THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: Should Singapore introduce a law to deal with online falsehoods? How else could we stem the scourge of fake news?

John Bittleston Founder & Chair Terrific Mentors International Pte Ltd

THERE has always been "fake news"aka "lies". There has never before been the ability to distribute it as widely as the Internet can. Transparency is good but proliferation of lies is bad.

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