You could not imagine what fake news can do. You would be left as counting its reasons and causes and it will add on another reason. We can frequently compare fake news with the epidemics. Like epidemics, fake news spreads quickly and causes great harms. Fake news is not new but it is now more improvised and modernized. In the last year many cases and incidents occurred just because of the misinformation or any misguided information. Fake news is the news which is false and it is usually promoted to promote the agenda. Last year, much fake news was circulating to light the fire of communalism and damage of the reputation.

One of the most dangerous things that emerged from the uncensored and cross checked content which means Fake news was Mon Lynching. In India, this term was clearly spoken last year where we could encounter back to back cases of Mob Lynching in the various states of the country. People in different areas of the country communally killed many people just on the basis of partial information or mis information and they are not even sorry for that mischief.A news said, a 55 years old man has beaten to death by mob over alleged cattle theft in Bihar’s araria,you answer, Was it right to kill any 55 years old poor man just for being suspect? I mean they could be wrong and the old man could be right. But the mob had given no chance to him to prove himself and the next thing they did was to kicking and punching which he could not bear and died.

Fake news is spread to propagate their agenda and you might get shock to hear that the biggest source of the fake news is the politicians themselves. Yes, rationally or irrationally, politicians are the one who actually exaggerate the news and convert their message into another sense. Well, on the fact basis, a survey says Namo app is the app which provides most of the fake news. The app belongs to the Prime Minister of the country. Now you think whom we are electing to govern us.

If politicians are the one who are generating the fake news then the media is the source where it s being circulating. Be it social media or mainstream television media, all of them are being used by the politicians to run their message to gain political benefits.

People are internet friendly but not social media friendly. They use it as beyond the source of entertainment which is appreciative until it doesn’t harm. Like on WhatsApp, people share a lot of hoax contents which has no sense and misguide people. Due to the illiteracy of media and social media, the common man becomes the victim himself.

To avoid any harmful results, we have to be known the use of the different medias which we use to consume news. To avoid the fake news, we should not share any content which has no authorization. Through this we can save ourselves and the society.

1



  1