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Real Madrid fans dismiss 'fake' Mbappe rape reports

Real Madrid fans dismiss 'fake' Mbappe rape reports

Real Madrid fans rallied around star striker Kylian Mbappe on Thursday as the France captain battles a media frenzy linking him to a rape investigation in Sweden.
Bollywood actress Poonam Pandey hit with $12M lawsuit for death hoax

Bollywood actress Poonam Pandey hit with $12M lawsuit for death hoax

Woman found spreading fake news, urging SCB withdrawals

Woman found spreading fake news, urging SCB withdrawals

Elon Musk is wrong about zero restraint free speech

Elon Musk is wrong about zero restraint free speech

Free speech with zero restraints is a self defeating chaos. At a time of rampant fake news and misinformation, the need of the hour is to weed them out, not allow them to fester.
May 19, 2022 | 05:13 pm PT
Vietnamese fact-checkers appear on John Oliver show

Vietnamese fact-checkers appear on John Oliver show

Television host John Oliver took aim at misinformation among the Vietnamese diaspora in the U.S., stressing how social media have perpetuated harmful content while lauding fact-checking efforts.
October 15, 2021 | 12:11 am PT
Battle against the infodemic

Battle against the infodemic

Reading the news about vaccines arriving in Vietnam, I feel reassured that we will one day defeat this virus and maybe return to "normal".
July 29, 2021 | 04:04 pm PT
Hanoi man fined over false capital lockdown claim

Hanoi man fined over false capital lockdown claim

A Hanoi man was fined VND12.5 million ($542.30) Monday for falsely stating the capital was entering lockdown.
May 10, 2021 | 12:19 am PT
Rumor has it: Vietnamese celebs trip on gossip

Rumor has it: Vietnamese celebs trip on gossip

Social networks have become a platform for netizens to smear celebrities, causing a host of repercussions.
June 11, 2020 | 11:01 pm PT
Man jailed for posting false news on Covid-19 death

Man jailed for posting false news on Covid-19 death

A Thai Nguyen Province court has sentenced a local man to six months in jail for making false claims about a Covid-19 death on Facebook.
April 23, 2020 | 02:00 am PT
Man arrested for making fake Facebook claims on Covid-19 deaths in Vietnam

Man arrested for making fake Facebook claims on Covid-19 deaths in Vietnam

Police in the central province of Nghe An detained a man last Saturday for posting false claims on Facebook about Covid-19 deaths in Vietnam and a government cover-up.
April 19, 2020 | 08:26 pm PT
Vietnam specifies cash fines on fake news

Vietnam specifies cash fines on fake news

The Vietnamese government has decided to slap fines on people who put up false, slanderous or lurid content online.
April 15, 2020 | 07:01 pm PT
Man faces criminal charges for posting fake news on Covid-19 death

Man faces criminal charges for posting fake news on Covid-19 death

A Da Lat resident is being investigated for the crime of posting false information on his Facebook page about a Covid-19 death.
April 11, 2020 | 01:00 am PT
Saigon man fined for spreading lockdown fake news

Saigon man fined for spreading lockdown fake news

A 20-year-old company driver has been fined VND10 million ($420) for posting false news of a 14-day HCMC lockdown.
March 30, 2020 | 01:32 am PT
Two men hauled before Hanoi police for spreading Covid-19 rumors

Two men hauled before Hanoi police for spreading Covid-19 rumors

The Hanoi police have questioned two men for posting fake news about the Covid-19 situation in the capital.
March 21, 2020 | 10:00 pm PT
Vietnam celebrities fined up to $650 over coronavirus misinformation

Vietnam celebrities fined up to $650 over coronavirus misinformation

Three Vietnamese celebrities will be fined VND10-15 million ($431-646.6) for posting fake news about the 2019-nCoV outbreak via Facebook.
February 7, 2020 | 06:28 am PT
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