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Relying on law
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/07/2022
» Re: "City protest plan needs a few tweaks", (Opinion, July 4).
Wild Wild Web's pandemic of lies needs a vaccine
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/12/2021
» We have all encountered false information spread on the internet before.
Myanmar grappling with infodemic
Oped, Moe Myint, Published on 25/12/2020
» Be it false claims that drinking liquor or ginger juice will repel Covid-19, or that eating leaves of the neem tree will protect one from it, Facebook user Pa Pa has encountered them all in the varied, virulent strains of misinformation thriving around the pandemic in Myanmar.
Press provides antidote to 'fake news' epidemic
Oped, Kamonwan Petchot, Published on 23/05/2020
» Disinformation, misinformation, "fake news", hoaxes and inaccurate, distorted content -- whichever term you prefer -- is not a new phenomenon. The historical record traces at least as far back as Roman times. The difference now is that digital technology and social media spreads disinformation at an unprecedented speed and reaches wider audiences far beyond the traditional limitations of distance.