NDM News: Globalisation and fake news

Fake news: blog tasks

The Guardian & the global problem of fake news

Fake news: an insidious trend that's fast becoming a global problem 
 
1) What similarities do you notice between the different countries outlined in the article and their problems with fake news?
- The different countries outlines in the articles have similar problems related to fake news. They all show that Fake news has immense influence over the internet and is usually use against politicians during the election where a rise of its usage is usually seen. Not only that but it is also seen as a way to attack religious beliefs and portray them in a negative way.

2) Is fake news an inevitable consequence of the "culture of freedom and innovation" that the internet has brought with it? Is there a way to stop it?
- I believe that Fake news is an inevitable consequence of the "culture of freedom and innovation". The fact that there are many people with different opinions and those who share the same opinion scan come together and in turn have an effect on what is being spread on the internet to the point that it affects what is being said in news. This is a problem that China has seemed to have found a way to control, by having News outlets not being able to use information posted on social media without prior approval. Also, top official at the administration suggested there should be a database to identify internet users’ true identities so they could be “rewarded and punished”.



New York Times and the creation of fake news

Inside a Fake News Sausage Factory: ‘This Is All About Income’ 

1) Which fake news stories were particularly successful for Beqa Latsabidze, the 22-year-old student in Tbilisi, Georgia, who tried to make money from web articles on Trump? 
- Stories that drove traffic for Beqa Latsabidze were not ones about Hillary Clinton but the ones about Donald Trump that mixed real - and completely fake - news in a stew of anti-Clinton fervour.

2) How much can Facebook and Google be blamed for this global rise in fake news?
- Google and Facebook could be blamed to an extent in the sense that they are major influential sites that are used very regularly and that they aid these phony site directly and indirectly in the sense that every time some sees or clicks an ad. The website owner, in this case Mr. Latsabidze gets paid by Google and Facebook plays a role by driving traffic to those kinds of websites.