Lately it was rumored that, Comedy legend and actor Rowan Atkinson has died with some fake news on social media. Outstanding content that mentions that Mr. Bean died recently is just a trap. In fact, it is not at all true that Rowan Atkinson, the actor of Mr. Bean died.
Fake news is very problematic in the digital ecosystem and there is a growing debate about how to solve this problem without damaging the benefits of digital media.
Many people think that fake news cases should be tailored to the government's direction to understand how this should be prohibited. Governments should promote strong literary news and professional journalism in their communities. The news industry should provide high-quality journalism to build public trust and correct fake news and disinformation without legalizing it.
Technology companies must invest in tools that identify fake news, reduce habits in building maximum benefits from disinformation and improve online accountability. Educational institutions should inform people about news literacy as a top priority. Finally, individuals must follow the diversity of news sources, and become skeptical of what they read.
To counter the fake news around us, we must reform all aspects to make it look systematic. Fake news exist because we all tend to ignore the facts and stick to our own social minds. To heal the split in the digital world, we must improve one of the most important methods of gathering and sharing our information: the internet.
Social media can be one of the greatest tools of society, but it is also one of our great weaknesses. And Zigmond, a Zen priest and analytics director for Facebook news feed, said, "By breaking down barriers and making communication easier, we also open up the possibility of making miscommunication easier, which means even more importantly to exercise, awareness in how we relate to each other other. "
Zigmond launched a new set of tools on Facebook that lets users report fake news on the platform. This initiative, launched in 2016, means the fact that checking websites such as Snopes, ABC News, and The Associated Press. According to Facebook, it can identify and explain that the article is fake, it will be marked as "debatable" and will be associated with an article explaining why.
This phenomenon is developing and exacerbating fracture attitudes to the accuracy of the news media, especially on matters such as politics, current events, and when it comes to the involvement of innocent people (including news about Mr. Bean dies). With worries about fake news reaching record highs, which countries are actually most confident in the accuracy of their news media? According to a Pew Research Center poll in 38 countries, an average of 62 percent say their news media does a good job of accurately reporting the news.
Based on a survey from the Pew Researcher, the above infographic shows the choice of countries, the Dutch can entrust about their news coverage. Together with 82 percent of people in the Netherlands. While 80 percent of those surveyed in India also feel their news media do a good job with accurate reporting.
Britain has experienced a split after the Brexit vote and 63 percent of the people there think the news is accurate. Fake news has become a topic of debate in the US and 56 percent of Americans feel their news reports are reliable. Greece has the worst score in the poll with only 22 percent of respondents saying that their news coverage is accurate (Statista).
Well now, be careful with fake News generated by news publications disguised as media sites, but actually spreading fake accounts or designed to deceive the public. They are conducting disinformation campaigns with the potential to disrupt the actual campaign and governance across the country.
Source: Mindful (www.mindful.org), Brookings (www.brookings.edu), Statista