PETALING JAYA: The state of emergency, which is scheduled to end on Aug 1, has seen a tremendous decrease in fake news trends in the country, says Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah (pic).Sharing information from the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), he said the average number of cases concerning the spread of fake news had dropped to seven cases a month since the Emergency Ordinance was enacted, compared to a monthly average of 24 cases previously.
He said a total of 465 fake news related to Covid-19 had been debunked by the authorities since the start of the pandemic in March last year.
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