Panel on online falsehoods unveils 22 recommendations to fight fake news

Singapore

THE Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods has called for new laws that will grant the government powers to swiftly disrupt the spread of online falsehoods, as part of a broad suite of measures to counter the scourge of fake news.

The committee made 22 recommendations in all, including enacting legislation, urging technology companies to take proactive steps to tackle fake content on their platforms, creating a national framework to guide public education on falsehoods and the setting up of a fact-checking body.