A Select Committee set up to study the issue of deliberate online falsehoods – fake news – submitted a report on its findings to Parliament on Wednesday (Sept 19). One major issue explored during the hearings is how online falsehoods can pose as a national security threat. Dr Gulizar Haciyakupoglu of RSIS told the Select Committee that there were already signs of an information warfare against Singapore under way, with an unnamed country trying to influence minds and legitimise its actions by putting out its narrative through news articles and social media.