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Fake News: Real V/S Fabrication: Meaning

Fake news has become a widespread issue, spreading misinformation through social and mainstream media. It creates contradictions between facts and fabricated stories. Many spread fake news unintentionally due to a lack of awareness or fact-checking. During the COVID-19 pandemic, several high-profile fake stories emerged, such as claims of financial emergencies in India or shortages of medical supplies. While there are no specific laws against fake news, certain sections of the IPC and the IT Act address spreading misinformation. Fact-checking websites and organizations help identify false stories, but more can be done through legislation and promoting verification before sharing news online.

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Fake News: Real V/S Fabrication: Meaning

Fake news has become a widespread issue, spreading misinformation through social and mainstream media. It creates contradictions between facts and fabricated stories. Many spread fake news unintentionally due to a lack of awareness or fact-checking. During the COVID-19 pandemic, several high-profile fake stories emerged, such as claims of financial emergencies in India or shortages of medical supplies. While there are no specific laws against fake news, certain sections of the IPC and the IT Act address spreading misinformation. Fact-checking websites and organizations help identify false stories, but more can be done through legislation and promoting verification before sharing news online.

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FAKE NEWS : REAL V/S

FABRICATION
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own
fact”, said by Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a prominent
American politician and sociologist. But we now live in a
society where some people apparently or evidently feel they
are entitled to make up facts.
MEANING: Fake News is a form of news comprising of
deliberate disinformation or misinformation or hoaxes
spread by means of mainstream channels or online
media. So, in simple words we can say that fake news
may be a misinformation, half truth or truth being
manipulative. Fake news creates a contradiction
between real and being fabricated or fake, thus, makes
a situation of Fact v/s Fiction or Real v/s Fabrication.
LACK OF AWARENESS: In today’s world everyone is
using social media like Twitter , Facebook, Instagram,
Whatsapp etc and along with that people have
followed various pages or news portals on Instagram or
Facebook . Memers or trollers for the sake of trolling
celebrity, government, opposition etc also play a vital
role in spreading fake news. It may b intentional or
unintentional or due to lack of awareness.
In whatsapp also we know there are a lot of
problems that people without verify a certain news or
message forward it. One of the main problem is of
receivers believing anything sent to them over social
media due to lack of awareness.
INSTANCES OF FAKE NEWS: Manipulative events
with the purpose of political or economic gain is not a
new practice. It can create a panic in general masses.
During lockdown, fake news marked increased. There
are various instances of fake news showed in covid19
pandemic and even before this. Few of them are as
follows:
Firstly, there was a fake news that Financial Emergency
will be imposed in India for the first time in covid19
pandemic.
Secondly, after India exported Hydroxycholoroquine
(HCQ) to the United States and other countries, there
was also a fake news that the country was left with no
stock of HCQ for its own people.
Thirdly, there were many such stories, one claimed
that Jammu and Kashmir was short of medical supplies.
Fourthly, post the tablighi jamat incident in
Nizamuddin, we saw a fake news focusing on a
particular community that was being targeted as then
'super spreader'.
Media came with a conspiracy theory that this is a
motive of these jamatis to spread the infection of
covid19. Also there are two more fake news regarding
the same . One is jamatis throw 100 and 500 rupees
currency note which are infected and results in
infection among the people who will touch it or pick it
up. Other one is that these jamatis will come to our
home our offices as beggars or labourers just to spread
infection.
Fifthly, a mainstream channel showed that Dawood
Ibrahim's assets worth 15000 crore seized in UAE. This
one is also a fake news.
Sixthly, as a part of 2016 Indian Banknote
Demonetisation, India introduced a new 2000 rupees
currency note. Following this, there were multiple fake
news about 'spying technology' (a chip in a note of
2000) went viral on social media, which is also a fake
news.
Seventhly, a fake news has been busting round the
social media false quoting Mr Rattan Tata , “2020 is a
year to only think about live living and not to think
about profit and loss”.
Recently, on the sad demise of Sushant Singh Rajput,
Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “a young and talented actor
gone too soon, I am sorry to hear about the passing pf
Sushant Singh Rajput”. But the word actor is replaced
by cricketer just to troll him on social media and also
went viral.
So there are a lot of the other instances which
shows us the existence of fake news on social media
and mainstream media.
Online safety tools: Various initiatives and practices
have been started and adopted to curb the spread and
impact of fake news. There are various online safety
tools from which we can get to know what is fake and
what is real:
 Alt News
 Boomlive.in
 Factchecker.in
 Check4spam.com
 The government established a Fact Check Unit in
Press Information Bureau that started taking
immediate cognizance of fake news.
LAWS REGULATING FAKE NEWS: There is no
specific law against specific fake news in India.
1. IPC has certain sections which could curb fake
news:
 Section 153 want only giving provocation with
intent to cause riot.
 Section295 , injuring or defiling place of
worship with intent to insult religion of any
class.
2. It is also an offence under Information Technology
Act.
3. News Broadcaster's Association (NBA) represents
the private TV news and current affairs broadcast.
The self-regulatory body probes complaints
against electronic media.
4. Indian Broadcast Foundation (IBF) also looks into
the complaints against contents aired by channels.
NBA and IBF are autonomous agencies.
CONCLUSION: By concluding it, I want to say that
we should be more vigilant, more suspicious, we
should first search than share on any online social
media. We should constantly follow updates from
fact check portal. Government should also take some
effective steps and make some particular legislation
for dealing the same. In last, the best way to get
good information is to get it from as many sources as
you can do. Firstly check it and then share it.

NIKITA JAMWAL
LAW STUDENT, UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU

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