In India, two engineers made the decision to leave their lucrative careers and create a media company in order to combat the dangerous spread of misinformation.
The latest move is part of an unprecedented effort by Facebook, Google and Twitter that includes stricter rules, altered algorithms and thousands of fact checks to contain an outbreak of bad information online that’s spreading as quickly as the virus itself
Ranging from offering unverified home remedies to tackle the virus, to suggesting fake advisories urging people not to consume foods such as ice cream and chicken to sharing conspiracy theories on the virus, the Indian social media has been flooded with fake and misleading information
Some Fake News and Messages circulating on social media.Lets find the truth.Today’s Pick
Misinformations relating to Coronavirus conspiracy theories from the Internet always try to get informations from authentic and reliable sources such as WHO and websites of traditional media websites whether newspapers, magazines, News Channels or Radio Stations or authentic online news portal which maintain journalism excellence and reportorial talent.Ignore social media messages with no authenticity
There are hundreds of thousands of websites which promote certain ideology by providing inaccurate or fake information.So its important to know which website is good one or which website is shady one
Experts like Nathan Bomey express their doubts that despite the efforts of social giants such as Facebook,Twitter to clamp down fake news,it is not possible to eradicate fake news completely because populist leaders like Donald Trump term popular and legitimate media outlets
Check recheck every information before sharing it.But for most them social media is the platform to promote their ideology by defaming others with twisted and misleading informations
It’s a created video with a feel of reality,not a real incident.But rumour mongers carefully edited the clip where ‘miscreants’ returned the boys with a caption that in big cities like Karachi kidnapping of children is not a big thing if we are not careful