Tuesday, 1 March 2022 (YJC)_ Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations said the United States was seeking to exert political pressure by intervening in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' report on Syria.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday defended Singapore's proposed law to fight "online falsehoods," but his Malaysian counterpart, Mahathir Mohamad, warned that anti- fake news laws were a double-edged sword that could be abused by governments to stay in power.
TEHRAN, Mar 05 - The deputy leader of an up-and-coming political party contesting Thailand's general election has become the latest target of online content laws after unwittingly sharing a false news article.
TEHRAN, November 05 - For Brazil's right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, attacking critical press outlets almost daily on social media is not enough. Once in office, he vows to hit their bottom line.
TEHRAN, September 17 - Echoing some of President Donald Trump's rhetoric, authorities in Egypt are taking aim at an alleged barrage of " fake news " they say is meant to sow division and undermine the rule of general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
TEHRAN, April 03 - India has announced rules to control “ fake news ”, the latest Asian nation to crack down on the spread of false information by the media, which many critics have said could be used by governments to curb press freedom.
TEHRAN, April 03 - India will deny government access to journalists who publish fake news , the information ministry has announced, a decision that critics promptly labeled an attack on the freedom of the press in the world’s largest democracy.
TEHRAN, March 26 - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's government tabled a bill in parliament on Monday outlawing " fake news ", with hefty fines and up to 10 years in jail, raising more concerns about media freedom in the wake of a multi-billion dollar graft scandal.
TEHRAN, December 11-US President Donald Trump has once again railed against the media blasting journalists and calling their work "a stain on America" after a string of errors in reporting on his presidency emerged over the past week.
TEHRAN, December 1 -Julian Assange fired back at CNN after the network ran a story repeating claims by former Trump advisor Roger Stone. Stone had claimed that radio personality-comedian Randy Credico was an “intermediary” between him and the Wikileaks co-founder.
TEHRAN, November 19 -China’s military on Sunday launched a website inviting the public to report leaks and fake news , as well as illegal online activities by military personnel, the latest step in a push to ensure Communist Party control over the internet.
TEHRAN, May 8, YJC - Facebook said in a statement Tuesday that it had designed new algorithms to detect and remove news articles posted to mislead British voters.