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SWS: 69% of Filipinos worried over fake news

A MAJORITY of Filipinos believe that the spread of fake news in media, such as television, radio and newspaper, is a serious problem, a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) in December last year showed.

Sixty-nine percent of the respondents said the issue was serious, 32 percent said it was very serious and 38 percent said it was somewhat serious. Meanwhile, 9 percent said it was not serious, 3 percent it was not at all serious and 6 percent said it was somewhat not serious and 21 percent were undecided.