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  • [New] Delegations from South Korea and the U.S. specifically called out the dangers of digital technologies like AI being used to produce fake news and disinformation campaigns intended to weaken democratic institutions. New America
  • [New] The Turing Institute's Wooldridge reckons pernicious issues like fake news could see a real industrialization at the hands of AI, a big worry given that models are already routinely producing very plausible falsehoods. Insider
  • Members of Asean must work closely together to fend off and respond to cyber threats, which are on the rise due to scams and fake news fuelled by artificial intelligence. The Straits Times
  • Excessive legislation threatens to quash dissent, as in Bangladesh and India, where reporters are arrested under imprecise fake news laws. NIICE NEPAL
  • Only 38% of Indian internet users could confidently identify fake news. Eurasia Review
  • In 2026, NTT DATA predicts a rise in AI-powered disinformation, with synthetic media spreading fake news or inciting unrest. Reputation Ace - Reputation Management
  • In recent years, policy proposals that aim to reduce the prevalence of misinformation such as the Combating Misinformation and Disinformation bill in Australia and the bill against fake news in Germany have faced backlashes over posing risks to free speech. Nature
  • Journalism now straddles two worlds: traditional balanced reportage and a digital, AI-enabled free-for-all, where a story dismissed as fake news might actually be accurate and where seemingly authoritative stories can turn out to be anything but. Trellis
  • Iran is expected to exploit domestic rifts on sensitive issues such as the Israel-Hamas conflict, immigration, and other contentious debates, mainly by creating proxy sites mimicking US-based news outlets to disseminate fake news. MAX Security

Last updated: 15 March 2026



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