BANGKOK, Nov 13 (TNA) – Nearly 8,000 fake news items have
been detected by the Anti-Fake News Center since it was launched earlier this
month, Thai Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister says.
Buddhipongse Punnakanta revealed on Wednesday that the
Center combating disinformation spreading online found 7,962 messages with
fake news content.
Most of the fake news items with most malicious intent
affecting the public were related to bogus health products, he said, accounting
for 21.2 percent.
About 15 percent of fake news had contents inciting social
division and affecting security, he said.
The center’s operation relies on human and artificial
intelligence (AI) to verify information shared online and prevent harmful
threats to people’s lives, security and the economy.
Thailand has about 57 million internet users with 53 million
Facebook users and 44 million Line users, according the DES. (TNA)
