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Lack of unified understanding on fake news, say experts
What can be considered satire, how broadly one defines fake news are factors, they say
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Tee Zhuo
By now, it should be very clear that satire will not fall foul of a new law to tackle falsehoods after Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam reiterated this point last Friday.
But whether satire can be a form of "fake news" - as a widely slammed Media Literacy Council (MLC) Facebook post suggested - is less settled, reflecting the need for a unified understanding, say analysts.
