Impact of Fake News on People's Daily Life

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Contents
Fake news...................................................................................................................................2
Impact of fake news on people’s daily life................................................................................2
Ways to solve fake news............................................................................................................3
The credibility of news reporting be tainted due to fake news..................................................3
The role of removing censorship................................................................................................4

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A Danish citizen named Saleh Sulaiman in Malaysia was sentenced to seven days in
prison and fined the US $2500 for posting a two-minute video on the internet. The video
criticized police’s response to the killing of the individual of the militant group Hamas in
Kuala Lumpur. Sulaiman was charged to spreading fake news revealing that he was not
aware of the local laws and make an apology to the Malaysian authorities (CPJ, 2018).
The prime minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Najib Razak was slammed of spreading
WhatsApp messages about voters confronting issues with voting as fake news. The messaged
alleged that various voters were given ballot papers without the stamp of the election
commission. It made votes invalid (The Straits Times, 2018).
Fake news
Fake news consists of deliberate disinformation created to attain attention or damage a
reputation. The most common fake news heard generally revolve around politics. The most
common concern of fake news is that it can polarise society specifically during political
events (Allcott & Gentzkow, 2017). The fake news is created deliberately to misinform or
deceive readers. Generally, the stories are formed to influence views of people, push political
agenda or origin confusion and it can be generally profitable for the online publishers. The
fake news websites and channels drive fake news in order to mislead consumers. The fake
news is undertaken in three ways, deliberate fake news, not so much fake news and
unintentionally fake news. The deliberately fake news is possibly the fakest. It is the
spreading of deliberately incorrect information with the aim of changing a societal outcome.
The not so much fake news is defined as misleading or serving an agenda. The third one
unintentionally fake news spreads faster than the truth.
Impact of fake news on people’s daily life
As per a survey, six out of ten internet users republish a story just after reading the
titles not content. The fear of fake news being spread online through online communities has
grown up. The fake news is capable of making old media great again. Amongst the mounting
crisis of trust, it can aid people in providing a viable business model. The fake news polarises
society specifically during political events. The political fake news on social media led to
racism, harassment, bullying, and damage to the reputation of the parties. For instance, during
elections, public engagement with fake news through Facebook is generally higher. The
people share values and beliefs on Twitter and Facebook. These values comprise social,