By Prashanth Pillay, Jo Elsom SYDNEY, 16 FEBRUARY 2026 (DEVPOLICY.ORG) —Across the Indo-Pacific, people are spending more time online but finding it harder to know what to trust. The 2025 Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025 shows nearly six in ten respondents struggle to distinguish between real and false information. A UK government study in […]
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Government Denies False Claims of Reduced School Hours
By: Summer Kennard KOROR, Palau — A viral Facebook post falsely claiming that kindergarten through third-grade students would begin attending half-day classes due to budget issues has prompted government officials to issue strong denials and warnings about the rise of misinformation in Palau. The post, made under the name “Concerned Mother 680,” alleged that the […]