  Fake news is a prevalent problem, particularly in digital media, that
undermines trust and cooperation among people. As a variety of global
mitigation efforts arise, the understanding of how people consider fake news
becomes important, especially in local contexts. To that end, we carried out a
survey with 75 participants in Singapore to understand people's perceptions of
and practices with news (real and fake). Locally, fake news was found to be
more pervasive in instant messaging apps than in social media, with the problem
attributed more strongly to sharing than to creation. Good news sharing
practices were generally observed. Highest trust was reported in government
communication platforms across 11 media items. These results show that
Singapore possesses a peculiar sociocultural scene, suggesting that efforts
directed towards locally relevant measures may be more effective in addressing
fake news in Singapore. We detail the survey results and recommended directions
in this paper.
