CALIFORNIA, Jan 8 — Social media company Meta Platforms yesterday scrapped its US fact-checking programme and reduced curbs on discussions around contentious topics such as immigration and gender identity, bowing to criticism from conservatives as president-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second time.

PUTRAJAYA, April 22 — A portal that utilises artificial intelligence (AI) will be created to help people verify the information they receive, repel defamatory news and fight fraud or scams, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — When the country was fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) received 1,837 complaints of fake news about the Covid-19 vaccine.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — Have you ever received dubious ‘verified’ information that has been shared widely via Whatsapp or Facebook, stating that it was from another group chat, and you felt this urge to scream "Google it!" to them? Well, you are right because that is, indeed, one of the ways to...