
Can you distinguish between reality and deepfake?
Currently, Malaysia has no specific laws regulating deepfake technology.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Britain to make sexually explicit 'deepfakes' a crime
Perpetrators may face charges and prosecution for creating or sharing such images under the new offence introduced by the government.
Tue Jan 07 2025
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[COLUMNIST] The struggle for truth in the digital age
Recent innovations are altering society's communication habits, with digital media growing into a significant component of our daily lives.
Tue Dec 10 2024

How close are we to an accurate AI fake news detector?
In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative.
Sun Nov 10 2024

How AI could influence US voters
Fake images and social media posts created by bots could erode and undermine trust in democratic systems and communities.
Thu Oct 31 2024

INSIGHT - In US swing states, officials brace for conspiracy theories and violence
The tensions are especially acute in Philadelphia, Atlanta and Detroit, major Democratic vote centers in crucial swing states.
Wed Oct 30 2024
The Future Is Female: Image-Based Sexual Abuse — Fighting Deepfake Exploitation
On this episode of #TheFutureIsFemale, Melisa Idris speaks with Noelle Martin, an Activist, Law Reform Campaigner, Legal Researcher & Lawyer, advocating against image-based sexual abuse, and fighting for digital privacy and consent. Her advocacy were a major factor in new laws being introduced and passed in New South Wales in 2017, in 2018 at the Commonwealth level and in Western Australia, making it a criminal offence to distribute non-consensual intimate images.
Sun Oct 20 2024

Criminal networks in Southeast Asia flourish in Telegram's 'underground markets', UN says
Southeast Asia has emerged as a major hub for a multibillion-dollar industry that targets victims across the world with fraudulent schemes.
Mon Oct 07 2024

South Korea police launch probe into whether Telegram abets online sex crimes, Yonhap reports
The South Korean government is pushing for stricter laws to criminalise the purchase or viewing of sexually exploitative deepfakes.
Mon Sep 02 2024

Why South Korea is on high alert over deepfake sex crimes
Sexually explicit deepfake images and videos of South Korean women were often found in Telegram chatrooms, according to reports.
Sun Sep 01 2024

454 cases of deepfake scams under investigation - CCID Director
Police are currently investigating 454 fraud cases believed to involve deepfake technology, including voice impersonation, which have resulted in losses amounting to RM2.72 million since the beginning
Wed Aug 28 2024

Trump posts image of fake Taylor Swift endorsement
Several Swift fans and watchdog groups said many of the images posted by Donald Trump appeared to be deepfakes generated by AI.
Tue Aug 20 2024

Genting Malaysia disproves fake online video on gambling app
Genting Malaysia has came out to disprove a deepfake video falsely portraying an Astro AWANI interview with the company's top leaders
Thu Aug 15 2024

Singapore minister says future without international AI framework 'messy'
Josephine Teo says there's a need to implement specific laws to deal with deepfakes during elections.
Tue Jul 09 2024

Stopping AI disinformation: Protecting truth in the digital world
AI can help combat false information through analysing patterns, language and context to aid content moderation.
Sat Jun 22 2024

'FOMO': Beware of marketing traps, time, and money loss
What exactly drives some individuals to go to such lengths just to own these products?
Sun Feb 23 2025

90 pct of Syria's population living in poverty after years of civil war: UN official
UNDP says, "13,000 people (have been) forcibly disappeared, and we don't know their fate yet.
Sun Feb 23 2025

China's hopes to be Ukraine peacemaker collide with its goals on Trump, trade
For the last three years, China has repeatedly signalled a willingness to act as a peacemaker in the war in Ukraine.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Fatty liver disease - A major driver of liver cancer risk in Malaysia
By the time symptoms such as jaundice, abdominal pain and weight loss appear, the cancer may be in its advanced stage.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Trump tightens grip on independent agencies to test limits of presidential power
The order lets the White House shift budget and policies, usually kept at arms length from the president's daily oversight.
Sun Feb 23 2025

INSIGHT - In Russia, dozens of dissenters are held as psychiatric patients
Dozens of Russians face compulsory psychiatric treatment for their political views, say lawyers and human rights groups.
Sun Feb 23 2025

How does space travel affect astronaut health?
Here is an explanation of some of the effects on human health caused by space travel.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Can you distinguish between reality and deepfake?
Currently, Malaysia has no specific laws regulating deepfake technology.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Animated films seek to find a place in best picture Oscar race
Animated filmmakers now aim to be included to the best picture race after being shut out for several years.
Sun Feb 23 2025

Emotional trauma piles up for Ukraine's children three years after invasion
Teachers, psychologists and children are used to living in a state of chronic exhaustion without a clear end in sight, experts say.
Sat Feb 22 2025