The document discusses fake news and how it spreads misinformation. It provides examples of fake news related to medical treatments and communal conflicts. It outlines how fake news is spread through misleading stories, propaganda, and half-truths. The effects of fake news include mob lynchings and riots. The government is fighting fake news by requiring social media giants to have grievance officers in India. Fact-checking organizations work to verify claims and correct misinformation. Users can also help by reporting or hiding posts containing fake news.

1. FAKE NEWS

2. We Fake the Facts

3. Sab
Loktantra
We Break the News, Not the Nation

4. • Misleading stories created in purpose to
generate ad revenue, defame a public figure,
political movement,etc
• opinions that you disagree ≠ misinformation.
• Misinformation on social media can be:
– Clickbait
– Propaganda
• Emotional appeals
• Using half truth
• Testimonials

5. Effects of Fake News
• many fake and misleading news stories related
to medical treatments.
• Rumours eventually inspire a mob lynching
• Rumours are also the main cause of riots and
conflicts between communities

6. How is Government and
Social media fighting Fake news
• Govt. made it mandatory for the social media
giants to make Grievance Redressal Officer
(GRO) who should be a resident in India.
• Facebook: taken action against individuals and
pages sharing fake news, removing them from
the site when appropriate
• Twitter: millions of accounts have been
suspended for spreading misleading information

7. What can You Do?
• If a trending post contains misinformation,
you can “hide” It.
• If you believe a post containing
misinformation constitutes spam or is
abusive, you can report it by clicking
on the ellipsis

8. How to Recognise Fake News
• Faked website address
• The author is anonymous
(or extremely well-known):
• The article misrepresents or misquotes its
sources
• he article contains spelling and grammatical
errors:

9. Case Studies

10. Case 1
• A message is going viral on
social media which claims
that Cadbury chocolates
contain beef.
• Many people tagged the
official handles of the
company to clarify on
the issue

11. • “All the products manufactured and sold in India
are 100% vegetarian. The green dot on the
wrapper signifies that,” the company stressed.
• “As you can well imagine, negative posts like
these, damages consumer confidence in our
well-respect”

12. • Cadbury.com.au, means it is the website of the
Australia unit of the company, as .au is the
country code for Australia.

14. • Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair
claims that an elderly Muslim man, Abdul
Samad Saifi, in Ghaziabad was assaulted and
forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Case 2

16. • Abdul Samad was
escorted and taken
to the Parvesh’s
Gujjar in Loni.
• The co-accused,
namely, Muhmd.
Kallu, Poli, Arif, Adil
arrived at Parvesh’s
According to the
Police

17. • video of the assault does not contain any audio so
no proof of “Jai Shree Ram” chant.
• The victim had alleged that a gun was used by the
accused to intimidate him although it wasn’t
visible in the video footage.

18. Analysis

19. Analysis: Case 1
Elder Muslim man assaulted and
forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
screenshot shared by them is not related
to Mondelez products
negative posts like these, damages
consumer confidence in our well-
respected and loved brands
the website is of the Australian
unit of the company
Claim
Claim
Misunderstanding
Correction
Outcomes
The packaging of its products
contains a green dot
Truth

20. Analysis: Case 2
A message is going viral on social
media which claims that Cadbury
chocolates contain beef.
The four men were :
Mohammad Kallu, Poli, Arif, Adil
The police have arrested all 5
Claim
Claim
Statement by Police
Result
video of the assault does not
contain any audio. No proof of
chanting “Jai Shree Ram”
Victim had alleged that a gun
was used to intimidate him
but cant be seen in the video
Statement by Police
Statement by Police