Taipei Times
Date: May 20, 2018
By: Peng Wan-hsin / Staff reporter
To combat an increase in the occurrence of “fake news,” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chiu Chih-wei (邱志偉) has proposed a fine of NT$30,000 for people who spread fabricated stories.
As social media and instant messaging applications have become a hotbed for uncorroborated rumors, the Executive Yuan on May 10 launched a “news clarification bulletin” on its Web site, which aims to instantly counter rumors by publishing accurate information.
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) allegedly fell victim to fake news after the content of an interview that she did last month with a local television channel was reportedly falsified by the Chinese-language China Times on April 10.
The report said that Tsai told the interviewer that “[US President Donald] Trump is also one of our pawns,” which political commentator Jack Yu (游梓翔) then posted on Facebook, saying that Tsai should have tweeted the statement to let Trump know how powerful Taiwan is. [FULL STORY]