TL;DR - DAP says more fake news coming on social media and internet.

Takes one to know one, I guess :

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PETALING JAYA: The opposition can expect more fake news popping up on social media as the 14th general election inches closer, DAP vice-chairman Teresa Kok said.

“I won’t be surprised if more fake news starts to spread. We can’t avoid it. Such incidents tend to crop up when our political foes see us as a threat and get their cybertroopers to create fake news (about the opposition),” the Seputeh MP told FMT.

Kok said the only thing they could do was to quickly address any misinformation being spread by taking to social media themselves to clear the air and dispute the reports.

She explained this would be much faster than lodging a police report or even reporting the online fake news items to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

Kok said this in reference to the release of a fake press release attributed to her DAP colleague, Selangor exco Ean Yong Hian Wah, over the bullying incident of a Shah Alam City Council enforcement officer by a couple in Sungai Buloh on Thursday.

The fake press release, published by a news portal, alleged that Ean Yong had aided in settling the dispute between the couple and the officer concerned.

Ean Yong had said he believed that the fake press release was the work of political enemies out to paint a negative picture of the Pakatan Harapan coalition government in Selangor.

Kok said it was good that their supporters continued to do their part by going online to clear the air when such matters arose.

“As fake news has been spread over the years, supporters and netizens are also more cautious these days,” she said.

PKR communication director Fahmi Fadzil was also of the opinion that more fake news would make the rounds as GE14 approached, pointing out that such “news” was spread widely during by-elections.

He explained that such fake news could reinforce prejudices and perceptions, and as a result even produce a swing among undecided voters, be they urban or rural.

“The best way for parties and politicians to counter such fake news is to stay ahead of the narrative, to respond quickly and clearly.

“It will also help to have clear and direct channels of communications with the public in order to get the right message across,” Fahmi said.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...-ahead-of-ge14/

Your wish is my command...

Fake news macam ni
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=4127794

/k all rage

Tengok2 fake news. :

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016...en-citizenship/

did you?

Yup, although I think some /k "menghalalkan" fake news macam ni

An example was during GE13 in 2013 when many Malaysians were absolutely convinced of 40,000 Bangladeshis voting and Blackouts.

This was later proven to be untrue by BERSIH and DAP themselves months later after the Blackout505 rallies fizzled out, who published a report that there is no such thing happening and there is no proof.

Despite this, many Malaysians still believe this propaganda but cannot answer why the opposition did not manage to capture a single phantom Bangladeshi voters out of 40,000 nor can they answer when pressed to say where an actual blackout location was.

Or that ex-Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim is most corrupt and thus have to be changed - only for Pakatan to lose the defamation case and give unconditional apology and retraction of all allegations to Khalid.

What about GST will increase up to 10% if BN wins the Sarawak elections?

Or that GST will increase to 8% if BN wins the Sg Besar and KK by-elections?

How about the same "Malaysia will go bankrupt" spread by DAP since 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s but DAP's founder sold his company to Felda for RM1.2 billion in 2013 or that the DAP Sec-Gen sits in Mercedes S-Class daily and stay in multi-million ringgit 10,550sf bungalow in expensive part of Penang?

Or about the giant Ipoh White House of the Perak DAP state chairman?

Seems like only Malaysia keeps going bankrupt while the DAP leaders all becoming increasingly rich. I wonder why?

and yet it generated 5 pages of /k rage.

ps - tak breakfast lagi ke? you seem so easily

Until today, there are still folks who believe that BN used 40k Bangladeshi to "steal" the elections..