Human rights advocates: Fake news on Wuhan virus needs combatting, but not over-policing
Paulsen, however, urged the government to provide more clarity on what constitutes an offence under these laws.
“However, censorship or criminalisation of speech will inevitably be counterproductive, making it harder to track those who are sick and suppressing the sharing of information in real-time. Lecturer at the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shahnon Mohamed Salleh said misinformation and fake news is an inevitable occurrence following any tragedy or crisis.
“The ongoing coronavirus outbreak is no exception. There are many reasons for this. One of them is the fact that it is so easy to produce fake information and secondly, people are sharing unverified news from unreliable/unknown sources online.
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