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National Security Adviser John Bolton Photo: AFP / Alex Wong

Middle East, Russia, World

A trek through the troika: A peek into the foundations of Bolton’s latest fears

by David Simmons November 11, 2018

A Chinese police officer wears a pair of facial-recognition smart glasses at Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Beijing’s online Big Brother beefs up, expands reach overseas

by Chris Taylor @chrisvtaylor November 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Twitter

Beijing, China, Taiwan

China accused of stepping up disinformation war on Taiwan

by Asia Times staff September 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen weaves a traditional cotton scarf In Phnom Penh in June. He won the recent Cambodia election in a landslide after literally rigging the vote by banning the main opposition party, among other tricks. Photo: AP/Heng Sinith

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, European Union, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

How Cambodia’s prime minister rigged an election

by Netina Tan and Cassandra Preece August 19, 2018February 18, 2020

San Francisco-based Dirt Protocol has raised $3 million in funding to build a blockchain platform that challenges fake news. Photo: iStock

Uncategorized

Blockchain startup raises $3 million to combat fake news

by Luke Thompson July 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Former BJP member Shivam Shankar Singh, right, is a data scientist and has worked closely with BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav. Photo: Facebook

Bangladesh, China, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Why I quit the BJP: Fake news, propaganda, polarization

by Asia Times and Shivam Shankar Singh June 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Abhijit Nath (right) was a businessman while Nilotpal Das (left) was a musician. Photo: Facebook

India, Middle East, South Asia

Killings in Assam after rumors of child abduction spread

by Asia Times staff June 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnamese activist La Viet Dung holds up a phone with the screen displaying an open letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg in Hanoi on April 10, 2018.Photo: AFP

AT Finance, European Union, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Is Facebook helping Vietnam suppress online dissent?

by David Hutt June 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A construction worker talks on the phone in front of a 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 3, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Olivia Harris

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore

Did Singapore’s Straits Times get spun on 1MDB?

by Kirsten Han May 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been reaching out to Israel. Photo: AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, World

Abe going the full Trump on media

by William Pesek May 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnamese women carry goods on Bac Luan bridge, a border gate in Mong Cai city, Vietnam, April 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Kham

AT Finance, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

History of hustle drives Vietnam’s outbound startups

by Ma Nguyen May 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Traffic passes a 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 6, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Olivia Harris

AT Finance, Malaysia, World

The real news on Malaysia’s ‘fake news’ law

by Henry Koh April 17, 2018April 17, 2018

Times Now editor-in-chief Rahul Shivshankar anchored the controversial segment. Photo: Quora

India, South Asia

Fear, loss of jobs as Indian TV brands people ‘Hindu haters’

by Vishakha Saxena April 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Photos: Reuters/CNTV

China, Russia, World

Secret transcript of recent Trump-Xi telephone conversation [Warning: fake news]

by Spengler April 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak waves as he arrives to visit a school used as a relief centre in Tumpat on January 7, 2017. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, Malaysia, United Kingdom, World

Najib remaps another rigged election

by David Hutt April 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Youngsters are having trouble telling what is real and what is not. Photo: iStock

France, Germany, India, Italy, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

Students are the new target audience for fake news

by Kanchan Srivastava April 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Determining fake news from facts can often be difficult. Photo: iStock

India, Iran, Middle East, South Asia

Indian government tries to frame rules to curb ‘fake news’

by Asia Times staff April 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya man looks at Facebook on his cell phone at a temporary makeshift camp after crossing over from Myanmar into the Bangladesh side of the border, near Cox's Bazar's Palangkhali, September 8, 2017. Photo: Nurphoto via AFP/ Ahmed Salahuddin

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, World

Is Facebook contributing to genocide in Myanmar?

by Lee Short March 26, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya girl grieves outside of a UNHCR tent in Bangladesh in a file photo. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun Photo

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Turkey

Bulldozing the truth in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Asia ahead of US in passing laws against social media abuse

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large March 1, 2018February 18, 2020

A menacing hand's shadow on a computer keyboard in front of printed computer data. Image: iStock/Getty Images

France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

How IT threatens democracy

by Kofi A. Annan February 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Lawrence Krauss, a member of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, talks about their decision to move the 'Doomsday Clock' hands to two minutes until midnight after a news conference in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Leah Millis

France, Middle East, Russia, United Kingdom, World

The Age of the Donald: A triumph of ignorance over evidence

by David Simmons February 11, 2018

London, UK - November 11 2016: The buttons of Skype, Instagram, Messages, Snapchat, Whatsapp, Pintrest, Facebook and Twitter social media apps on the screen of a mobile phone. Photo: iStock

How popular culture can bridge East-West divide

by Tom Velk February 8, 2018February 10, 2018

Photo: Reuters/Thomas White

Japan, Northeast Asia

Japan dumping Treasuries?

by David P. Goldman January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses with French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (center) during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Photo: AFP / Tobias Schwarz

European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, World

Can ‘fake news’ really be outlawed as Europeans intend?

by Raphaël Hadas-Lebel January 20, 2018February 18, 2020

100 US dollar bill and 100 China yuan banknote.

China FX regulator weighs in on US bond-buying story

by Asia Times staff January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu

Beijing, China, World

Fake News from Bloomberg about China’s US Treasury holdings

by David P. Goldman January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak takes a picture with his phone during a bilateral ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on December 18, 2017. Photo: AFP/Ishara S Kodikara

AT Finance, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

In election mode, Najib bids to shine online

by David Hutt January 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Head-to head: Donald Trump and Barack Obama. Photo: Reuters / Carlos Barria

United Kingdom, World

Obama warns of the dangers of ‘irresponsible’ internet use

by Asia Times staff December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: AFP/Brendan Smialowski

AT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, World

No dissident thoughts allowed in Singapore

by Kirsten Han December 4, 2017February 18, 2020