FAKE NEWS AND ITS EFFECTS.

FAKE NEWS AND ITS EFFECTS.

Today in the 21^st century as the internet is flooded with useful information, it is equally flooded with fake news. Abraham Lincoln once truly said “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet just because there is a picture with a quote next to it”

Fake news has always been a disadvantage in this era of globalization. Fake news is rumors which are created by the public or by print media to increase traffic on their site or just for the sake of fun. But people forget that such types of news can create disunity and disharmony among people.

India is a diverse country that is known for its brotherhood and unity in integrity, but such fake news tries to break this united chain.

Today it is not wrong to say that 50% of the news which we go through every day is fake news. It is very often seen that print and public media spread fake news about some famous personalities or companies to get the traffic diverted on their sites.

Today everyone is on one or other social media and these are where fake news is circulated the most. People start forwarding such types of news knowingly or unknowingly and become a part of this rumors chain. Many hackers try to hack popular sites and then post fake rumors on those sites. Today as the number of news and articles readers on the internet is increasing, the links to copied popular sites that spread fake news are also increasing.

It is not only in India, fake news has flooded the internet all over the world. During the time of elections, fake news is circulated the most and hence works as a threat to democracies all over the world. The main aim of such sites is to spread propaganda which can lead to arguments among people.

But it is not only that fake news is circulated to create disharmony and disunity, many a time government  spread such news to save its public too

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Moreover, to stop the circulation of fake news we should be aware of such scams. Before believing in any news which can create havoc in public we should search for it and get confirmed. Not only this, we should try not to forward such news on social media sites and should request others not to do such tasks. We should report to our government agencies about such fake websites and should appeal to take immediate action.