Experts think the public’s trust in traditional media is eroding. Democracies are in danger because of the public’s declining faith in the media. Some people have misused social and digital platforms to deceive, mislead, or defame others by creating and sharing fake news and disinformation, rather than using digital tools to aware people and raise public discussion.
Fake news is produced by organisations that pose as legitimate media outlets while spreading false or misleading information with the intention of misleading the public.As in other countries, fake news on various sensitive issues like child abuse,caste or religious bias led to violence and death in India.
Fake news or manipulative videos on child kidnapping that circulated on social media evoked violence response.Disinformation in the guise of pure free speech has an intention to cause public disorder and communal disharmony.
