If we say fake news, it’s a offense to journalists. It’s a oxymoron in Mandarin here. Because my parents are both journalists, out of filial piety, a Confucius thing, I shouldn’t be using the F word. [laughs] Disinformation, we have a legal definition. It’s intentional untruth that causes public harm. It’s a very narrow definition.

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