"fake news"

Thailand’s Army chief on Wednesday demanded the arrest of nine people for allegedly claiming that Thai soldiers were being flown to the United States for Covid-19 booster shots.

Police are investigating more than 50 cases of fake news as reported by the Digital Economy and Society Ministrys Anti-Fake News Centre since June, the deputy spokesman of the Royal Thai Police, Pol General Krisana Pattanacharoen, said.

The Department of Livestock Development (DLD) on Sunday urged people not to believe and share fake news about the ban on consumption of pork and chicken for six months as they had been infected with Aids.

The Digital Economy and Society Ministry has warned people not to believe or share news and Internet posts that claimed the Sinovac and AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines contained pork fat as an ingredient.

Eighteen people have been prosecuted for posting fake news online about the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout, Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaiwut Thanakmanusorn said on Monday. The fake-news posts had distorted information and undermined public order, drawing charges under the Computer Crime Act 2007 and emergency decree, he added.

The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry is considering guidelines on collecting network traffic from internet service providers and supervising users registration on social media.

The story of an Udon Thani woman suffering from allergy after receiving the second dose of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine was fake news, Drama-addict Facebook page said on Monday.

The Digital Economy and Society Ministry announced on Wednesday that the first quarter saw more than 50 million articles, posts and texts that may be dispersing fake information.

People should refrain from posting or sharing fake news over the Internet even on April 1, also known as April Fool’s Day, when it’s a global tradition to tell harmless lies for fun, Crime Suppression Division deputy chief of technology Pol Col Siriwat Deephor said.

The Digital Economy and Society Ministry has warned people against believing or sharing news and Internet posts claiming that the Government Savings Bank (GSB) has launched a new emergency personal loan of Bt10,000 per person, in which applicants must register via their mobile phones and repay at Bt400 per month.

Complaints about Covid-19 fake news during the ongoing second outbreak have already almost doubled the figure for 2020, the Digital Economy and Society Ministry said on Monday.

The police along with the Digital Economy and Society Ministry’s Anti-Fake News Centre and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission on Friday cracked down on people for allegedly posting fake information about the Covid-19 outbreak.