How Asian leaders are riding the ‘fake news’ mantra
Al Jazeera–Governments across Southeast Asia have been using laws and the judiciary to curb press freedoms – now, they have found a handy crutch to lean on as they intensify clampdowns: US President Donald Trump’s “fake news” mantra. Most worrying to media rights advocates is that several countries are promoting new legislation or expanding existing regulations to make publishing fake news an offence…. Read more »