#fake news

News that police were investigating allegations of wife-beating against Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos came as big surprise. This was officially confirmed on Monday morning by a spokesman of the police ...

In a world ever more treacherous to navigate, its certainties drowned in a rising tide of noise and falsehood, a new initiative promises to hand the public a compass. EnPsema? (...

By Tomaz Lovsin Across the EU, policymakers and regulators are drifting toward tighter control of expression. This article makes the legal and philosophical case – rooted in a limited-government, libertarian perspective – ...

President Emmanuel Macron’s office has accused France’s enemies of spreading fake news by suggesting that he and other European leaders had taken drugs on a train during a ...

Trust in institutions and the media is lower in Cyprus compared to the EU average, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey released on Thursday. The survey, conducted between October and ...

Draft amendments to the criminal code of the Republic of Cyprus, concerning the criminalisation of fake news, should not be pursued in their current form, the Organisation for Security and ...

There are challenges in ensuring human rights in the digital age, particularly where social media is concerned, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides cautioned on Thursday. In her speech at a conference called ‘...

Earlier this week, the fear that journalists could be jailed for what they wrote was very real and Thursday’s decision to review the proposed ‘fake news’ bill has only ...

Concerns over freedom of speech will be factored in during upcoming discussions over the controversial fake news bill, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Friday. Speaking to the state broadcaster ...

The International Press Institute had by Tuesday joined the chorus of voices against the contentious fake news bill currently being discussed in Cyprus’ parliament, which has been slammed as a ...

The journalism ethics committee warned on Tuesday that a bill currently discussed in parliament claiming to target fake news is a guise to muzzle free speech in Cyprus. In a ...

A fake news scam which has circulated on Facebook in recent days has posed as the Cyprus Mail in an attempt to lure people in to an investment scam. The ...

The amendment criminalising fake news, threats, insults and the online distribution of obscene photos and pictures is being sent to the House plenary in September. When the amendment passes, the ...

The drafting of legislation concerning the spread of fake news was top of the agenda as Justice Minister Anna Procopiou and House President Annita Demetriou met on Friday. The pair ...

The Vatican urged bishops and high-profile lay Catholic leaders on Monday to tone down their comments on social media, saying some were causing division and stoking polemics that harmed the ...

By Katerina Nicolaou In the old days, so old that people didn’t have TikTok, there was a beautiful princess named Naomi Campbell. One day she was caught by a ...

The House legal committee heard on Wednesday a wide range of opinions on the so-called ‘fake news’ bill, a proposal which seeks to criminalise personal insults online. The proposed amendment ...

When deputies from the House legal affairs committee meet today to pick up discussion on ‘fake news’ they will have their work cut out for them. The discussion was shelved ...

The House legal affairs committee will restart discussing a bill regarding fake news, chair Nikos Tornaritis said on Wednesday. This comes just two days after House president Annita Demetriou filed ...

The adoption of increased security around House Speaker Annita Demetriou and some of her family members, has nothing to do with her having filed a police report of fake news, ...

Though 35 per of Cypriots aged 16 to 74 saw untrue or doubtful information on news websites or social media, only 17 per cent verified its truthfulness, according to a survey carried this year, ...

Attorney general George Savvides on Wednesday gave the green light for the prosecution of three of the four people involved in the case of a fake post on social media ...

The police are ready to send the case file concerning an incident in which fake news spread on social media claiming that a 12-year-old had died after receiving a Covid-19 ...

Police have charged four individuals in connection with a fake post on social media claiming a 12-year-old child had died after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. Spokesman Christos Andreou said the ...