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Local media report taken out of context in misleading posts about crude palm oil tax

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78% Informative

Malaysia has no plans to implement a tax on crude palm oil in the near future, its finance ministry told AFP .

Social media posts shared a headline by a local newspaper out of context -- it was a report on an NGO 's opinion and not a government proposal.

The claim surfaced as Malaysia experienced a shortage of bottled cooking oil, which authorities attributed to an increase in global palm oil prices.

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75

Informative language

74

Neutral language

4

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

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short-lived

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