Radio Taiwan International
Date: 21 June, 2019
By: Leslie Liao
台北市電腦公會21日舉行聯合記者會，與Facebook、Google、LINE、Yahoo奇摩及批踢踢實業坊等主要網路平台業者共同發布「不實訊息防制業者自律實踐準則」。(圖：中央社)
The guidelines outline four major directions and 13 codes of practice to help the public identify online disinformation. Legal advisor for the Taipei Computer Association, Huang Yi-feng, says that combatting disinformation with current legal mechanisms is difficult. Huang says that is why the need for public awareness is so urgent.
Huang says that social media outlets’ hands are tied when it comes to dealing with disinformation, as free speech laws limit how these platforms can restrict problematic posts. Huang says the best way to handle disinformation is to educate the public on how to recognize it and stop its spread.
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