Lee Bee Wah made a powerful speech in Parliament yesterday. She shared a moving tale on the harm fake news could cause.
In 1969, Bee Wah was a little 8-year-old girl, living on a rubber plantation in Malacca. False rumours had led to race riots in which hundreds died. She vividly recalled her mother telling her that if the Malays “came” for them, the family would run into the jungle to hide, and leave her newborn baby brother behind.
Fake news became a talking point last year. But it has affected livelihoods and divided societies for far longer. The difference now is fake news can spread in a matter of hours, on social media or text messaging. Singapore, highly connected and wired up, is especially vulnerable.
Yesterday, Parliament unanimously resolved to form a Select Committee to study deliberate online falsehoods, and how to prevent and counter their spread. Public feedback will be sought. Do give your views on this problem. Everyone needs to be part of the solution, by checking that story before you click the Forward button! – LHL
李美华议员今天在支持动议设立10人特选委员会，以研究蓄意散播网络假信息的问题的演讲里，分享了自己和家人受到流言的影响的经历。
流言和假新闻可以造成极大的伤害，而现在假新闻的威力比当年大得多。现在的假新闻真假难分，传播快无法根除，影响了无辜的人群。因此要制止假新闻对我国的安全和社会和谐的危害, 这需要每个新加坡人提高警惕, 要确认所收到的讯息之后才把它发出去。
请点击这里听一听李议员的详细分析。– 李显龙
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