The “war on fake news” and the emergence of truth as a public interest in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand

• Main Author: Schuldt, Lasse
• Other Authors: Asian constitutional law recent developments and trends : Vietnam, Hanoi, 6th and 7th December 2019. Volume 1
• Language: Vietnamese
• Published: Đại học Quốc Gia Hà Nội 2020
• Subjects: fake news; Malaysia; Singapore; Thailand
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/94753
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

This paper argues that truth is emerging as a legal interest in the public discourses of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Though the criminal and media laws of several Southeast Asian countries have long addressed the dissemination of falsehoods, recent moves to ban “fake news” brought the issue to...