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Committee of MPs to mull over issue of online falsehoods to be established: MinLaw

Move could mean more public education rather than the use of legal means to fight the growing problem of falsehoods circulating online

Published Fri, Jan 5, 2018 · 09:50 PM
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A COMMITTEE of 10 Members of Parliament (MPs) could be set up to mull over the issue of fake news online - and whether laws should be introduced to combat them.

Last June, Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam said that new legislation to tackle fake news is likely to be introduced this year .

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