​Coming to grips with new fake news law

The Straits Times, page B6

A new law that aims to counter the spread of fake news will come into effect soon, and about 200 people attended a talk at the Central Library on Friday night to learn more about it and how it will affect them. Ms Wee Jia Zhen, 22, an NTU student, attended the talk with three coursemates. Their final-year project is on fake news and the talk reaffirmed their research on the subject. “We foresee fake news becoming a problem in the future as technology advances, such as with deepfake videos,” she said, adding that they were hoping to get young people to be more proactive in calling out and reporting fake news.