‘I didn’t know’ not an excuse for sharing fake info

PETALING JAYA: “I didn’t know” is not a good enough reason to defend oneself after mindlessly forwarding false posts online, says legal expert Prof Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi.

He said although, in most cases, the “forwarders” would use the excuse of saying they had no intention of spreading fake information, such an act would still be seen as a crime.