David Kaye says law leaves gov't officials 'excessive discretion' to define what is and is not 'fake news.'
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All 11 PAS reps present during second reading of the bill voted in favour of the legislation.
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LIVE | PARLIAMENT | 'Maliciously' replaces 'knowingly' to define offence in Section 4 of the bill.
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US daily claims the law appears to be 'a tool of arbitrary government control and intimidation.'
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LETTER | With this 'big brother' approach, Najib is taking M'sia down an authoritarian path.
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Court told that Singapore should have its own Snopes, or at least a Sebenarnya.my.
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COMMENT | The proposed broad-based law amounts to legislative overkill.
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Minister also refutes claim that media freedom will be suppressed with new law.
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MP SPEAKS | They are redelineation exercise, anti-fake news law and ROS' delay to register Harapan.
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Fake news that spread through social media has affected Malaysians, says, minister.
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UPDATED 3.10PM | PARLIAMENT | Sim Tze Tzin wants to know whether it'll be the only one to decide what's fake and what's not.
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UPDATED 6.37PM | Azalina insists that the bill will 'not in any way' stifle the people's freedom of speech.
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Prescriptive legislation to control the exchange of information will not address false news issue effectively, AIC says.
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This is to ensure media rules keep up with the times, DPM Zahid tells print media top brass.
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Parliament must reject this bill or it will be a further threat that severely limits media freedom, says RSF.
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Azalina not sure, however, whether law can be debated and passed in current Parliament sitting.
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Law not an attempt to protect the interest of certain individuals ahead of GE14, its exec says.
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The law to curb fake news will benefit all, not just the gov't, insists de facto law minister.
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