Takorn said the 'coordination and verification centres' would also support a plan by Thailand's new digital minister to prioritise anti-fake news efforts. — Bloomberg
Thailand is proposing that tech companies set up centres in each of the 10 South-East Asian countries to curb the flow of "fake news" and fake accounts, the country's telecoms regulator shared.
Such centres would also work as a shortcut for governments to flag misinformation more easily to providers of over-the-top (OTT) service – any digital service done through the Internet, including social media – so that they could comply by taking it down faster, said the Thai regulator.
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