Fake news: What exactly is it – and how can you spot it?

"Fake news" is not a term used by many people two years ago, but now it is regarded as one of the biggest threats to democracy, free discussion and Western order.

In addition to being a favorite vocabulary of Donald Trump, it is also called the best vocabulary of 2017, which can also aggravate the tension among countries and lead to social media regulation.

But no one can agree on what it is, the severity of the problem, and how to handle it. This is everything you need to know

For thousands of years, the government and influential individuals have used information as weapons to strengthen their support and eliminate objections.

I think most of us can easily find fake news. Sometimes it is easy to find fake news. The truth is that news consumers are the best way to resist false news. But for those who do not pay attention to young people or news, or those consuming news from multiple trustworthy outlets, this can be even more difficult. However, even a person with sufficient knowledge may be at the expense of so-called confirmation bias. We believe that this is "fake news" because it supports our beliefs. This can be a problem when we dissociate ourselves with wrong ideas and understanding and promote the wrong idea without investigation.

First of all, fake news is competitive. It's like billboards and television commercials - many of them also contain erroneous claims. For each fake news article you posted about me, I can post two news about you. I can also post a real story about me, try to fix the record, and even reveal the true story of fake news articles you posted. It is a bit familiar. Roach is always politically unique, and there is no algorithm to stop it. But the rapid spread of fake news on the Internet is not an essential new threat? Absolutely not. As I said, fake news is competitive, so rapid spreading is effective for all parties and may be beneficial to Republicans in the near future, but it is advantageous for one party There is none. Indeed, the Clinton campaign is not ready to respond to the massive fake news generated by the young Macedonian before the 2016 election, but I believe that serious campaign organizations will make this mistake again I do not think.

In the past, fake news could be found more easily by titles titled anonymous authors, exclamation marks, all uppercase letters, spelling mistakes, and "This is not a fraud". But fake news has become more difficult to find because websites look like legitimate news organizations, from bad reports, from political opinion makers, or on legitimate news sites. The best way to share fake news and avoid spreading it is to inform the public. But that involves objectively assessing the critical thinking necessary for sending information to us in personal responsibility, the quest for truth about news issues, and the transfer of social media, the Web, television, and e-mail Is required.