The low rate of Malaysians verifying information online is a big contributing factor to the rise in online fraud and cyber threat incidents. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star
PETALING JAYA: Scams, hoaxes, and deepfakes are everywhere — but only three out of 10 Malaysians take the effort to verify information online.
This means that 70% of people in Malaysia tend to accept what they see online without checking further on the Internet if such information is reliable or not.
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