By Alastair McCready • Sep 03, 2021
In late-July, the US-funded CambodiaCheck project would be launched to counter misinformation surrounding the Kingdom. Less than a month later, the fact checking initiative would be cut short, standing accused of spreading the very thing it set out to counter

By Agence France-Presse • May 04, 2021
The Myanmar junta has charged Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi under a "fake news" law, a report said Tuesday May 4. This is the latest in a series of crackdowns on press freedom since the military seized power in the February coup.

By Mark S. Cogan • Oct 14, 2020
When social media giant Twitter blocked nearly 1,000 accounts last week linked to the Royal Thai Army for spreading disinformation, few familiar with how the government of Prayut Chan-o-Cha operates would have been surprised

By Joshua Melvin and Ron Lopez/AFP • Jun 15, 2020
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa was convicted on June 15 of cyber libel and sentenced to prison in a case that watchdogs say marks a dangerous erosion of press freedom under Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte