How to have free information flow without the harm of fake news? S'porean victim of fake news reflects.
"You have been arrested?" Turns out I had been trolled. The Vigilanteh had used ShrtURL, a platform Time magazine described as "the most dangerous website in America", to create a spoof article. I was being mistaken for a much more humorous, much more creative and much more infamous Singaporean — who was now supposedly behind bars for online vigilantism. I was not amused. I called the police. Teh tarik-drinking Vigilanteh or Choson Exchange volunteer? After being suitably distressed, and being reminded that I was unimportant enough for anyone to care about after a few days, the incident go...
Source: mothership.sg