Minister warns of 'fake news' on social media.
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Minister warns of 'fake news' on social media.
Most would agree that information on certain people's facebook pages may or may not be true. However, it is also true that due to a lack of credible information and sources for fact-checking, rumours on social media in Cambodia spread particularly fast.
Info minister warns of dangers of ‘fake news’
Thu, 1 December 2016
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith, at a roundtable hosted by the Club of Cambodian Journalists yesterday, urged netizens to watch what they repeat, lest they contribute to the circulation of inaccurate information on social media.
Kanharith maintained that most Facebook users simply read and share articles they like without checking their legitimacy. He gave as an example, a widely shared story about a young boy who drowned in Battambang.
An article circulated on Facebook claimed a doctor refused to treat the boy, when in reality the doctor simply wasn’t at the clinic. “We have to set a code of ethics . . . and a norm for Facebook users,” he said...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/i ... -fake-news
Info minister warns of dangers of ‘fake news’
Thu, 1 December 2016
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith, at a roundtable hosted by the Club of Cambodian Journalists yesterday, urged netizens to watch what they repeat, lest they contribute to the circulation of inaccurate information on social media.
Kanharith maintained that most Facebook users simply read and share articles they like without checking their legitimacy. He gave as an example, a widely shared story about a young boy who drowned in Battambang.
An article circulated on Facebook claimed a doctor refused to treat the boy, when in reality the doctor simply wasn’t at the clinic. “We have to set a code of ethics . . . and a norm for Facebook users,” he said...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/i ... -fake-news
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