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Fake news over Anti-Fake News Bill, says minister
Published:  Apr 2, 2018 7:00 PM
Updated: 11:03 AM
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Communication and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak has claimed that some of the coverage regarding the Anti-Fake News Bill has been deliberately misleading and in certain cases, completely false.

“For example, the definition of fake news in the Bill is clear and specific, freedom of speech as provided for under the Federal Constitution will not be curtailed, and the government will not itself decide what is fake news, but instead will allow a neutral party, namely the courts, to decide via independent legal process...

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