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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