Fake news is being spread around the world through graphic, photo and video; Become a fact checker with these 5 steps

  Fake news is being spread around the world through graphic, photo, and video; Become a fact-checker with these 5 steps

Become a fact-checker with these 5 steps

Brian X. Chen: Apart from Corona, the world is in the grip of another virus. The virus has been spreading around the world for years. It is not in our body but in the internet life. The name of this virus is 'Miss Information' meaning rumor. It is also known as fake news. Whatever you call it but the fact is that it is taking a more lethal form nowadays as it is now being served with emotions.

According to Alan Duke, editor of the American Fact-Checking website, there are a few things we can do to avoid this virus. First of all, we need to know how fake news and misinformation are reaching us. According to him, fake news is reaching in the form of photos and text.

Experts say it is necessary to break its chain to stop fake news. This chain will be broken only when the user verifies the veracity of any information.

Beware of fake graphics and photos

Fake news is so dangerous that even Alan Duke, editor of the American Fact-Checking website, panicked. Alan Duke said, ‘Rumors and misinformation spread around us are mostly created and disseminated through the internet, but now it has taken a deadly form. Now people are changing their writing and tampering with the photo and serving it as graphics. '

Rumors are being spread through videos

"Rumors and misinformation are being spread among us these days through videos," says Alan Duke. Because it is easy to prepare using the editing tools in the smartphone. Merging one or more videos has made it easier to create a false story and spread it on the Internet.

Fake news has the highest suspicion that anyone with a special need for information can fall prey to fake news. For example, if you share a video that gives your friends or family information about Corona, that video may contain misinformation. It can be dangerous for your friend or family.

We should choose the expert medium related to each subject. If the medium is not reliable, check the information first.

Become a fact-checker yourself

There is no tool to filter out fake news and misinformation. Artificial intelligence has not yet reached the generation where it can intercept and detect fake news. There are as many content publishers in the world today as there are Internet users. Everyone publishes something through videos, graphic, motion graphic on different platforms on the internet.

Once the content is published on the Internet it runs in the world of the Internet, as long as its chain is not broken. The chain of fake news and misinformation needs to be broken. All it needs is a user who can stop it. This means that as a user, you should check any information before sharing it and believing it to be true.

Check the fact this way

After reading, watching, or listening to any content first, ask yourself a few questions. Like, who is behind this information, what is the evidence of this information, and what does another source say about this information?

To test the reliability of any information, first, open a web browser and type Ctrl + T (Command + T on Apple's computer).

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The Ctrl + T command will open a new tab in the browser. Search for the name of the first author (if any) or the name of the website or social media page whose content you want to check.

After searching, open the link at the top and read carefully what is written about it. Maybe this way you will get a little idea about the fact of the content.

Firefox and Chrome come with a browser plugin called Invid. You can download it, then check out a video by following the steps given in it.