Hey did you read about organ harvesting in Thailand? What about the girl who was a martial arts practitioner that beat up a gang of rapists? Or that story about a man having sex in front of his parents in Singapore? 

While certain sites in Malaysia are ace at sourcing for and posting fake, deeply exaggerated and fictional news, it seems like we've hit a breaking point for the tolerance of rubbish online. 


So much so that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on Tuesday launched an information verification portal called sebenarnya.my.

Its tagline is "Tidak pasti, jangan kongsi". Someone higher up in the industry obviously read one too many "warnings of terror attacks" and "new scam methods" that they thought enough was enough. 

You know something is getting out of hand when the government has to step in to supply a solution.

Anyway, through this portal, you can check and report news items which have not been authenticated, either through social media, short messaging services, blogs or websites; so that it can be verified by official channels or relevant government agencies.

Now if they can show this site to the Trump administration we think Malaysia's diplomatic ties to the US will be solid. 

We reported in December 2016 that Facebook was testing a system to report fake news and we tried to remind our readers that it starts with you. Only you can stop the spread of fake news and only you have the thinking capacity to discern what's real or fake.

We all know the new Beauty and the Beast movie was temporarily shelved from release, and you've also probably read numerous reports that said it was banned for good. Don't worry, we've got the real story. You can read about it here.