Infodemic is the information pandemic during the COVID-19 Crisis. With a sea of misinformation flooded around the novel coronavirus, these days have been painted as the time of fake news and rumours on the social media. Fake news is information deliberately fabricated and published with the intention to deceive and mislead others into believing falsehoods or doubting verifiable facts. A report of Council of Europe describes that there are three types of information disorder, namely, misinformation, disinformation and mal-information. Literally, there is a thin line difference between all these terms. Fake news is the umbrella term that unifies all these types of information disorder.

1. INFORMATION PANDEMIC
DURING COVID-19
Ankuran Dutta

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3. Information
“Information is the Oxygen of the modern age. It
seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it
wafts across the electrified borders”.
Ronald Reagan
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4. Pandemic
A pandemic is an epidemic occurring worldwide,
or over a very wide area, crossing international
boundaries and usually affecting a large number
of people.
Dictionary of Epidemiology
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6. What is Infodemic?
It refers to the Information Pandemic, i.e.
Information Disorder.
With a sea of misinformation flooded around the
novel coronavirus, these days have been painted as
the time of fake news and rumours on the social
media.
A report of Council of Europe describes that there
are three types of information disorder
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7. Types of Information Disorder
Misinformation refers to the false or inaccurate
information, deliberately created to deceive others.
Disinformation is also about false information,
deliberately created to harm a person, social group,
organisation or country.
Mal-information is based on reality, but used to
inflict harm on a person or an organization.
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8. What is Fakenews?
Fake news is information deliberately
fabricated and published with the
intention to deceive and mislead others
into believing falsehoods or doubting
verifiable facts.
Fake news is the umbrella term that unifies
all these types of information disorder.
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9. Who spreads Fakenews?
Conspiracy theories, misinformation and speculation about
coronavirus have flooded social media.
But who starts these rumours?
And who spreads them?
Misinformation doesn't just come from dark corners of the
internet. Many known are also associated with..
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-52474347
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11. Why they spread Fakenews?
They are looking to make money from this
pandemic.
Some are looking for more likes and emoji
on their social media posts
Some get sadistic pleasure
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-52474347
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12. How Fakenews spread viral?
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13. Sanitize Your Mind
We need to sanitize our minds by verifying the
facts of the information flooded on the different
platforms of social media about COVID-19
Therefore, it has become as important to flatten
the curve of the Infodemic as to flatten the curve
of COVID-19.
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14. What to Do?
Filter 'believed facts' or
'distorted facts' to get 'checked
facts' through media literacy.
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15. 5 D’s to Sanitize Your Mind
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16. 5 C’s to Sanitize Your Mind
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17. How to Check Fact?
Check- Recheck – Cross Check the data
with traditional and online tools
Reverse image search for photo and video
(Google, Yandex, RevEye, TinEye etc.)
Verify social media handle and website
Source: Kolkata Press Club & IIMC Guideline
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19. Laws on Fakenews?
World perspective
Article 19(1)(A) of the Constitution of India
Information Technology Act 2000
National Cyber Security Policy 2013
Indian Penal Code sections 153 and 295
Fake News (Prohibition) Bill in 2019 (Private)
Source: The Assam Tribune’s interview with Ankuran Dutta
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20. #CheckTheFake
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