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Wauchope Amends Press Law to Halt Fake News

January 16, 1936
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High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope is issuing an amendment to the press law to make possible suspension without warning of newspapers for spreading false news that is likely to cause alarm or disturbance, it was announced in the official Government gazette today.

Arab newspapers have recently been conducting agitation against Great Britain and against the Jews.

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