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Malaysian government proposes anti-misinformation bill ahead of country elections

March 26, 2018

On March 26, 2018, the government of Malaysia proposed a new law that would criminalize the spreading of misinformation ahead of the country’s elections in August 2018, understood as "any new, information, data and reports, which is or are wholly or partly false."

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Malaysia
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Fake News