
Recently, a housewife was fined RM5,000 by the Sessions Court after she pleaded guilty to a charge of spreading false (fake) news on Covid-19 some months earlier.
BFM 89.9 – The Business Station looked into this and together with LAW Partnership Technology, Media and Telecommunications Associate Malvinderjit Kaur Dhillon, discuss the Fake News Act under Section 4(1) of the Emergency Ordinance 2021, how the Ordinance has been carried out, what the origins of the Ordinance were, and what constitutes ‘fake news’, amongst others.
Listen on here: https://lnkd.in/gy3MEXX4
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