Facebook, Google and Twitter like reputed companies have been attentive to prevent the propaganda of fake
news through social media and internet. they have told that they are now the
part of ‘The Trust Project’ against ‘Fake News’.
The operation of trust
project has been started by the Sainta Clara University for applied ethics. It
has intension of informing about the source of any news on social media. 75
thousand news agencies of America and European countries have supported this
project. The American news website ‘theeconomist’ Washington Post, Mirror in
Britain, German Press Agencies of Germany is in these said agencies.
According to the report,
these agencies will show ‘the trust indicator’ in their news. As this indicator
shall be clicked, the readers can be able to know the writer’s detail and
source of news. The audience will be able even to know whatever they are
reading is an advertisement, is a news, or is the opinion of the writer.
The renowned journalist,
Sally Lehman, the director of Centre for Applied Ethics told on Thursday that
GOOGLE, FACE BOOK, Bing and Twiter have
agreed upon over the use of indicators or trust indicators. Earliest 'Trust
Indicator' will appear beside the 'writes-up' or the news to be uploaded on
these platform.
America and Europe are
facing heavy criticism for promoting ‘Fake News’. It is assumed that the
Russian Agencies had published into the 'news feed and trading section of face
book' such news during the American President Election which had played an important
role in the winning of Donald Trump.
The matter then came more in limelight in the past days when the 3000 Russian advertisements related information was shared with the American Congress. Face Book has said that it has doubt that the Russian Internet Research Agency had used to maintain the atmosphere in the favour of President Trump’s election.
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