"Religious organisations get more help on handling fake news
SINGAPORE: A new module on combating deliberate online falsehoods has been launched and it will be a mainstay for counter-terrorism seminars for religious leaders and organisations.
Conducted by National Library Board, the module is a 30-minute talk that serves as a guide for religious leaders. It is part of the S.U.R.E campaign, which was launched in 2013 to highlight the importance of information literacy and information discernment.
Culture, Community and Youth Minister Grace Fu launched the module on Saturday (Jan 12) at a counter-terrorism seminar for Buddhist and Taoist Temples.
Jointly organised by Singapore Police Force and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), the seminar was attended by about 170 religious leaders and devotees representing 50 organisations."
Indeed religion n race n language can provoke very very strong emotional responses way beyond rational minds. Especially so for religious matter as it concerned something even more powerful that any man-made power called gov or rules of laws!
So getting religious leaders to b fully aware of how malicious fakes news shared b4 validating can create a chain reactions that may be too late n too strong to correct n contain is vitally important!
May we b prepared for it n keep calm n collected handling fake news that sow bad blood n ill feeling between religions m their respective believers.
SINGAPORE: A new module on combating deliberate online falsehoods has been launched and it will be a mainstay for counter-terrorism seminars for religious leaders and organisations.
Conducted by National Library Board, the module is a 30-minute talk that serves as a guide for religious leaders. It is part of the S.U.R.E campaign, which was launched in 2013 to highlight the importance of information literacy and information discernment.
Culture, Community and Youth Minister Grace Fu launched the module on Saturday (Jan 12) at a counter-terrorism seminar for Buddhist and Taoist Temples.
Jointly organised by Singapore Police Force and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), the seminar was attended by about 170 religious leaders and devotees representing 50 organisations."
Indeed religion n race n language can provoke very very strong emotional responses way beyond rational minds. Especially so for religious matter as it concerned something even more powerful that any man-made power called gov or rules of laws!
So getting religious leaders to b fully aware of how malicious fakes news shared b4 validating can create a chain reactions that may be too late n too strong to correct n contain is vitally important!
May we b prepared for it n keep calm n collected handling fake news that sow bad blood n ill feeling between religions m their respective believers.
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