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View all search resultsWhether it is YouTube scrapping a key misinformation policy or Facebook altering fact checking controls, the social media giants are demonstrating a certain lassitude with being the sheriffs of the internet Wild West.
With the proliferation of military coups and crackdowns on civil liberties in recent years, the world has been contending with acute democratic regression in many quarters, made worse by widespread misinformation that has rendered civic spaces less effective and more hostile.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's administration has vowed to curb what it calls provocative posts that touch on race and religion since coming to power in November after a closely fought election in the Southeast Asian nation that has led to a rise in ethnic tensions.
An artificial intelligence-generated recording of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo singing “Asmalibrasi,” a song by Semarang-based act Soegi Bornean, went viral in April, fueling concerns of potential proliferation of AI-generated misinformation in the lead up of 2024 general election.
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