Will the organization become the Vietnamese Snopes?
Tuoi Tre reports that yesterday, January 12, the Ministry of Information and Communications launched the Vietnam Anti-Fake News Center (VAFC), an agency aimed at combating disinformation posted online.
The VAFC s website, which is currently only available in Vietnamese, debunks false online information such as a fake account of the National Hydrometerology Center and a false story related to a Vietcombank branch in Kon Tum that spread on social media. The site also features a reminder that people who spread misinformation can be jailed for up to a year.
The news source adds that the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information (ABEI), which falls under the information ministry, manages the VAFC.
Covid confusion is the new normal
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Arusa Pisuthipan Deputy editor of the Life section
published : 11 Jan 2021 at 04:30
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With this new surge of Covid-19 cases hitting the country, Thais know that the disease is not new. Certain buzzwords like coronavirus and the new normal are familiar narratives and protective face masks and alcohol-based sanitisers have become common household items.
However, adding to the pandemic s new normal are myths, confusion, and fake news circulating online. This confusion, unfortunately, also comes from the one and supposedly most reliable source the authorities.
Let s start with something that affects people s daily life can we eat outside?