{"id":51752,"date":"2019-08-31T17:25:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T11:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=51752"},"modified":"2019-08-31T17:26:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T11:56:08","slug":"answered-policy-discussions-involving-the-public-as-well-as-tech-solutions-would-help-fight-fake-news-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-policy-discussions-involving-the-public-as-well-as-tech-solutions-would-help-fight-fake-news-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cPolicy discussions involving the public as well as tech solutions, would help fight fake news.\u201d Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction.<\/strong> Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Danger of fake news and why policies should focus on public and technology to check fake news spread.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Fake news has existed since the dawn of the printing press but in the age of internet and social media, it has spread unchecked. Manipulation of algorithms of social media and search engines to reach large audiences is a global trend now. Fake video clips, news stories with morphed logos, bots, paid commentators have become very common. This demands a public vigilance and awareness along with modern technological solutions to enhance scrutiny of all the facts and data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danger of fake news spread:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Fake news is a threat to democracy.\nEasy access to large amounts of data, made it possible for political parties to\nprofile individual voters and flood them with news, fake and real, that\ninfluence their voting behaviour. Political parties try to get political\nbenefits by polarising the voter\u2019s mind.<\/li>
  2. Fake news has been used to deceive\nilliterate people financially. Example- Bitcoin benefits, Chit fund schemes\nintroduced the concept of online fraud through spam emails. Hoaxes of GPS chips\nin the Rs 2,000 note after the demonetisation initiative of the government\nthrough both media and WhatsApp messages led to widespread confusion among\nholders of the new note.<\/li>
  3. Fake news can be used to create a\ncommunal environment. It influence the minds of common people and use social\nweaknesses to increase intolerance in the country. Example: Spreading fake\nphotos to bring about communal clashes in the country. It can also result in\ndeaths. For example, rumours about child-lifters and cattle thieves led to mob\nattacks and deaths across India.<\/li>
  4. Media companies in greed of getting\nTRPs and more viewership promote sensational news and false headlines. E.g\ncirculation of false videos in Kashmir valley showing shocking attacks on the\nArmy and inhumane repression of the civilians.<\/li>
  5. The false portrayal of kashmir as a\nplace of human right abuse by international media has created a false image of\nthe nation.<\/li>
  6. Fake news has reduced people\u2019s\nbelief in social, print and electronic media. In its purest form, fake news is\ncompletely made up, manipulated to resemble credible journalism and attract\nmaximum attention and, with it, advertising revenue.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Why policies should focus on\npublic and technology to check fake news spread:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Consumers play a large role in what\ncontent is created and how it is disseminate.<\/li>
    2. Public must be better educated, so\nthat they are better able to distinguish credible sources and stories from\ntheir counterparts.<\/li>
    3. Ordinary consumers of news can play\na big role by refusing to pass on what they cannot independently verify with\nother sources.<\/li>
    4. Public need be educated about how\nnews information propagates in today\u2019s world, the harms of fake news, and how\nto identify it. Another approach would be to enable the consumer to learn more\nabout the actors and stakeholders in a given story, better understand their\naffiliations, and to identify and question unverified details.<\/li>
    5. Critical news consumption need to\nbe incorporated into school curriculums or promoted through\ngovernment-sponsored computer and content literacy tools and training programs.<\/li>
    6. Content creators and content\ndistributors need to adapt their professional norms to new technologies of\ndistribution, better explain these norms to the public, and protect them from\nerosion. They should also engage in practices that increase the likelihood of\nproducing trustworthy, high-quality information.<\/li>
    7. Artificial intelligence can come\nhandy to find fake news.<\/li>
    8. With the utilisation of metadata\nand human content moderation, government can prevent fake news, misinformation\nand even punish bad actors.<\/li>
    9. Public should not blindly trust any\nsensitive news and should not forward it to others and should inform concerned\ndepartment about any fake post as soon as they come across.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Fake news can harm both democracy and the media business. Social vigilance against it is must. Proper actions need to be taken to ensure the distinction between news, opinion, and rumour. Hence it is high time that the government should take stern measures to curb fake news menace and protect Indian democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Danger of fake news and why policies should focus on public and technology to check fake news spread. Conclusion. Way forward. Fake news has existed since the dawn of the printing press but in the age of internet and social media, it has spread unchecked. Manipulation of… Continue reading [Answered] \u201cPolicy discussions involving the public as well as tech solutions, would help fight fake news.\u201d Comment.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51752","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}