Fake News
Issue 3 Reflect JAS 2017
Media
Fake News
Catchy headline, famous, powerful people, popular themes, sensational story – excited to read further? Cashing in on exactly this interest from readers to read and want to share a story, a lot of anonymously-hosted websites have emerged around the world. Fake news websites, as they have come to be known, are spreading more than rumours and misleading people and press. without questioning the authenticity of the source, share with friends and in a way help in spreading misleading, sensational information. International Federation of Library Associations has issued a hand infographic on how to spot fake news. Show it to your children and talk this possibility with them- of a share going viral being actually fake.
Facebook announced stricter measures this August, to identify a fake news to control its sharing and spread through social media. It has created a software algorithm to flag stories that may be suspicious and send them to fact checkers.
With the expansion of technology and social m e d i a, m e d i a especially digital media is under tremendous pressure to attract v i e w e r s t o p l e a s e advertisers. In pursuit to survive and stay in business, these small and big business are r e s o r t i n g t o t h i s desperate method. I n n o c e n t p e o p l e,
Source: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
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