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Formaldehyde found in e-cig samples, dept says
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/11/2024
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has warned that formaldehyde was found in samples of e-cigarette liquids sold illegally in Thailand and that the aerosol of the chemical can cause cancer.
Disrupting the fake news market
News, Mohamed Suliman, Published on 21/03/2022
» After Russia invaded Ukraine, some young Americans created scam Instagram accounts that shared videos and photos about the unfolding events. Pretending to be journalists on the ground, they attracted millions of followers and profited from the ads placed on their pages before they were taken down. It was not an isolated incident; the opportunity to monetise by misleading is the basis of a massive fake news market.
Journalism suffers existential crisis
News, James Gomez & Nipuna Kumbalathara, Published on 12/02/2020
» People, who now have the power to speak out for themselves, thanks to the multiple digital and social platforms, are losing interest in traditional journalism as we know it. People, across Asia and around the world, also have more choice in what news and information they'd like to receive, who they trust for the information, and how and when they'd like to receive it.
Chemical ban a must-do
News, Editorial, Published on 13/08/2018
» Two court cases last week in California are set to affect and perhaps change the future of Thai farming. The legal decisions are stark. Courts and a jury ruled that two of the most popular chemical products used in Thai agriculture pose huge risks to humans even in tiny quantities. One causes irreparable damage in babies' brains. The other is carcinogenic. It is exactly what Thai campaigners have been saying in an effort to eliminate the two products.
Cambridge Analytica's business simply isn't data
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 23/03/2018
» As the Cambridge Analytica scandal unfolds, the Western world is meeting a little-known part of its political industry, the one that has operated in developing nations since at least the 1990s. CA's methods as revealed by Britain's Channel 4 News, whose reporter posed as a potential Sri Lankan client, may be a bit extreme -- but for the most part, the consultancy has been one of many firms that have brought Western-style electioneering to lawless environments in which it has been blatantly abused.