Coordinated effort to spread false information uncovered, says Fahmi


KOTA KINABALU: The government has discovered a coordinated effort to spread fake and inauthentic information meant to cause public unease via social media platforms in the country, and is trying hard to put an end to it.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said it is clear that there is a group of people involved in a coordinated inauthentic behaviour (CIB) to cause unease among the public from time to time.

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