Govt to tighten CMA 98 by next year to combat fake news, says Gobind


KUALA LUMPUR: There are plans to amend Section 223 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 next year, says Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo (pic).

"We are currently looking at how best to tighten the fake news law and hope to do it between March and June next year," he said when answering a supplementary question raised by R.S.N Rayer (PH-Jelutong) in Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Dec 2).

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