​War on fake news a long battle: Experts

The Straits Times, page B2

The fight against fake news will be long and daunting, with many challenges, such as convincing technology companies to accept new laws and impressing on people that fake news is a major security threat, experts said yesterday. Security expert Shashi Jayakumar of the RSIS, said it will take many years for people to be instinctively alert to the threat. On the suggestion that new laws be enacted to compel technology companies such as Facebook and Twitter to take action against fake news, associate chair of research Alton Chua of WKWSCI at NTU said these companies are likely to push back.