Malaysia wants to fight fake news with a new 24-hour TV news channel

Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah has launched today a channel dedicated to news under state-owned broadcaster Radio Television Malaysia (RTM), as part of Putrajaya’s initiative to counter so-called “fake news”. The communications and multimedia minister said the channel, called Saluran Berita RTM (RTM News Channel in Malay), will air on MYFreeview channel 123, and is also multilingual. … Continue reading Malaysia wants to fight fake news with a new 24-hour TV news channel