Varia Ranah - Sorotan Ilmiah Perkhidmatan Awam

34 Varia Ranah: Sorotan Ilmiah Perkhidmatan Awam Besides from MCMC Act 1998, the other law-related curb any cases related to defamation, harassment, fake stories are the Sedition Act 1948 and Official Secrets Act 1972. While the recent statistics showed that MCMC had blocked 1,500 fake accounts and 2,407 sites in 2017, it is not enough to bring the culprits to the courts as most of the cases remain unclear due to lack of evidence. Government Agencies a. Lack of coordination among government agencies The threat of fake news is broad which is not only related political but also the economy, social stability, religion, cultural and other aspects. It is irrational for MCMC to manage this issue on its own without the collaboration with other government agencies. The problem of the current scenario is lack of coordination among the government agencies in term of countering fake news or responding with the correct facts immediately to the public. Each agency or ministry have their SOP in dealing with the matter which sometimes the countermeasures is insufficient because of the contradiction of facts. STRATEGIES AND PLAN OF ACTIONS Strategy 1: Interagency workforce in mitigating actions against rising Fake News Establishing an interagency workforce in countering dissemination of fake news would provide more thorough mitigation acts. The efficiency maintained by having good administrative coordination between different agencies. This ensures, tasks and enforcement do not overlap one another and avoid redundancy. An approach so-called “multistakeholderism” or multitasker governance model should be implemented to bring all stakeholders including the government and private sector together in participating in the dialogue, decision-making, and implementation solutions to this issue. The National Security Council can set up a joint task Multistakeholderism” or multitasker governance model should be implemented to bring all stakeholders including the government and private sector together