From Jan 25 2020 to Aug 31 2021, the Anti-Fake News Center has screened more than 104 million messages, Ms Atcharin said. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The number of formal complaints filed over fake news reports and posts on social media have increased dramatically over the past year, Atcharin Pattanaphanchai, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, said at an awareness event in Phuket yesterday (Sept 17).

 

“The trend of notifications from fake news whistleblowers compared to last year has increased by leaps and bounds, but after screening the reports, it was found the total [number of complaints] that met the criteria for investigation, and the proportion of fake news as a whole, has decreased,” said Ms Atcharin, who also serves as director of the Anti-Fake News Center.

 

While the number of fake news articles and posts screened each month rose from 1.6 million last year to 22mn this year, the number of articles needing further investigation had fallen by 8.65%, she said.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/complaints-of-fake-news-reports-spiral-upwards-81440.php

 

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... 555, probably just coincidence but the guvments announcements have also spiralled upwards, hmmm ...

 

the most come from the Governmentor its officials...

Or is it not fake news that the PM says there will be no flooding this year, while Loei and Ayattaya already have problems with the water??

What about the fake news about vaccinations etc that the PM, CCSA and Health Minister have been spreading. Any action being taken there ???????

So much fake news from the government, so little time to report it all ????

Don't worry, I've already reported this article for the next report on fake news.

If fake news is defined by telling porkies in public then I know exactly where most of it comes from, I'm pretty certain everybody else does too

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Fake news is still better than fake....well, you know.

20 hours ago, webfact said:

the Anti-Fake News Center has screened more than 104 million messages,

Seems like a fake boast to me. How many staff do they have?.