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Fake news and it's impact on us!!

In this digital era, we regularly read the news to make ourselves aware of what's going on around us. 
No matter if we prefer social media platforms, news websites, or television channels all these are sources of information but are these platforms providing us only authentic and verified information?
source: news.psu.edu

I know you will agree with me on this not all the news spread on these platforms is true and authentic. 
Fake news is also spread by many platforms to attract a lot of viewers and attention.


Wherever I used the term fake news it only includes disinformation, not the misinformation. 

What is disinformation?
The information that is false and deliberately created to harm a person, social group, organization, or country.

What is misinformation?
The information is false but not created to cause harm.

Every day thousands of fake news spread through social media which manipulate our thinking and opinion.
source: Amazon.in

Mostly, the algorithm of these social media fails, in recognizing the authenticity of this news and when these get viral it influences the mind of thousands, lakhs of viewers.
source: forbes.com

Fake news leading to the poisonous atmosphere on the web and causing riots and lynching on the road.

In the last two years, we have been grappling in India with the terrible phenomenon called WhatsApp killings, over 33 people have died because they have been killed by mobs on the suspicion of being child kidnappers, over rumors spread on social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook.
source: Dnaindia.com

India must be the only country where social media has led to rumors which have led to such brutal murders and killings.

According to a study by MIT, false news travels faster, deeper, and further than true news.

For example

1. A fake news in India is about 2000 rupees note. The news went viral over WhatsApp and social media sites that the 2000 rupees note came equipped with a chip that uses spying technology.

2. An example of communal tension between Hindus and Muslims in India can be seen when the Tablighi jamaat meeting was held in Delhi and it was said that they spread the covid virus in the whole of india. These types of fake and manipulative news destroy our inner conscience. 
source: orfonline.org

3. Political parties do it because they use it to sow seeds of distrust and prejudice ahead of elections, as we are seeing today.

4. Indians and the ‘Indian National Anthem’ being adjudged the best by UNESCO is still trending on many social sites, which is another fake news.


Steps were taken by India

1.Under the Indian Panel Code (IPC), people can be arrested for
posting fake news on the internet.

2. One can report Fake news to “Indian Broadcast Foundation” and “NBSA (News
Broadcasting Standards Authority)”.

3. If the news is defamatory then one can file a civil and criminal case for defamation.


What is our responsibility?

1. Find a trusted media organization.

2. Use Google image reverse for authenticity check

3. Teach children about the internet, how to use information carefully.

4. Check the authenticity of news before sharing.

5. Don't create opinions only by listening to one side of a story.


Sources - Youtube/tedxTalks
                  Youtube/StudyIQ
                  Groupdiscussionideas.com
                  
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