KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The government is mulling mandatory labelling for content generated or modified using artificial intelligence (AI) as part of efforts to curb the spread of misinformation on social media, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 4 — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk on the subject of misinformation about South Africa, the presidency said today, after United States President Donald Trump said he would suspend aid to the country over its land reform policy.

LONDON, Nov 13 — British news publisher the Guardian said today it will no longer post to X, citing “disturbing content” on the social media platform, including racism and conspiracy theories.

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 — False or misleading claims by billionaire Elon Musk about the United States presidential election have amassed two billion views on social media platform X this year, said a report by non-profit group Centre for Countering Digital Hate.

SYDNEY, Sept 12 — Australia said it will fine internet platforms up to 5 per cent of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online, joining a worldwide push to rein in borderless tech giants but angering free speech advocates.

CALIFORNIA, Aug 27 — Meta Platforms chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said the Biden administration had pressured the company to “censor” Covid-19 content during the pandemic, apparently referring to White House requests to take down misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — New social media and internet messaging services regulations, set to be introduced by the government, will tackle the spread of crime and harmful information to create a safer online environment for all users, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

PUTRAJAYA, May 30 — The Communications Ministry’s meeting with Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) and representatives of other social media platforms in Singapore next month will discuss, among others, the Madani Government’s commitment to combat fake news and disinformation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 — More than seven months after the World Health Organisation declared the end of Covid-19 as a public health emergency of international concern — albeit not as a global threat — Malaysia and the world are grappling with an increasing number of cases, a trend that is unlikely to end as the world heads into end-of-year festivities.

WASHINGTON, May 20 — Twitter announced on Thursday that it has introduced a new global policy to address the spread of misinformation during crisis situations, reported Sputnik.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — As coronavirus infections surged in Malaysia this year, a wave of hate speech and misinformation aimed at Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar began appearing on Facebook.

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...