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Thailand proposes tech companies curb ‘fake news’ across Asia
- Tuesday | 20th August, 2019
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is proposing that tech companies set up centres in each of the 10 Southeast Asian countries to curb the flow of ‘fake news’ and fake accounts, the country’s telecoms regulator said on Monday. “Thailand has proposed that OTT companies set up a centre to verify news,” said Takorn Tantasith, secretary-general of Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission. The meeting with Takorn on Monday was attended by tech giants including Facebook, messaging app operator Line Corp, Amazon and Netflix, he said. Other Southeast Asian governments have also recently made efforts to exert more control over online content and taken a tough stance against misinformation. Vietnam said its cybersecurity law, which was passed last year and banned posting anti-government information online, would guard against fake news.
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