FAKE NEWS

PRESS INSIGHT 👁️

by Journalist Wakeel

CHALLENGES IN JOURNALISM

3- FAKE NEWS

Fake news became a problem to the individuals most especially, the Political contestants or elected officials when platforms such as Facebook and YouTube discovered deliberately false news stories spreading among political partisans. Social media platforms have tried to counter fake news with factual information and reporting from major media outlets, but the effort is largely ineffective because the people who share fake news want to believe stories that are flattering to their in-group.

The Journalism act has changed to disseminate fake news which could lead to the following:

- Violence

- Ethno religious crises

- Promotion of Social violence

- Undermined Democratic process

- District in Government

- Cyber attack

- Uprising and Anarchy.

SOLUTION:

Some of the Social Media Outlets are misleading. So, before sharing any information on Social Media follow the following steps:

-Stop, 

-Research and 

-Validate.

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