As 2017 is drawing to a close, the most popular and influential word of this year is"fake news".
The US President, Donald Trump created ripples in the media circles by accusing a media giant, CNN, of spreading fake news against him. Thus the term spread everywhere.
Fake news affects the whole world. In N.America, the fake news spread by Russia swayed the result of the US president election.In Southeast Asia,it inflamed major political events.From elections in Indonesia to Myanmar's Rohingya crisis to the Philippine drug war, the spread misinformation and disinformation have been used to bolster hate speech, stereotypes and propaganda.The authority can manipulate people easily by spreading fake news.
Fake news is a global phenomenon.Engineers at Google and Facebook are trying their best to filter out fake news from the authentic ones and we can help them by doing our part.
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