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Who will take responsibility for providing trustworthy news?

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About Business Ethics- Business ethics is the study of appropriate business policies and practices regarding potentially controversial subjects including corporate governance, insider trading, bribery, discrimination, corporate social responsibility, and fiduciary responsibilities.

So, business ethics is all about ethics or morals which are either supported by society or abolished by society.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg clarifying about data mining and data privacy issues.

  • Let's take a real-time example for looking into case seriously:
The 2016 election season generated many headlines, some of which are notable for being blatantly false. Fake news ranged from, “the Pope endorsed Donald Trump” all the way to “Hilary Clinton is running a child sex ring out of a pizza shop.”
Did “fake news” influence the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election? While the answer is unclear, one thing is certain. The rise of fake news has reached unprecedented levels and has raised serious concerns about how citizens receive their news and form opinions.

So, I think the increase in fake news has several sources. Social media platforms like Facebook gave these stories the same visibility as news publications, such as those from the New York Times or Wall Street Journal. Moreover, these posts often had higher engagement rates (likes and comments) resulting in them receiving even higher visibility and prevalence in users’ news feeds. 

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg initially downplayed the problem, calling it a “pretty crazy idea” that fake news on Facebook influenced the election. Zuckerberg has since begun to address the fake news issue, but warns, “We must proceed very carefully… and must be extremely cautious about becoming arbiters of truth ourselves.” 

More examples for having a clear view: 

* Fake News of Death of Mr. Amitabh Bacchan's death just took the Indian public crazy. In Mumbai, the public came on roads for the rally and stood in front of  'Jalsa' (Bacchan's house) for seeing him. 
Reference link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjJraH3m5_nAhVy7XMBHQQhCZ8Qjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.india.com%2Ftopic%2Famitabh-bachchan-dead%2F&psig=AOvVaw1ZeQim0o1d1U4Z8SG8dIs4&ust=1580057737395425


* A message going viral on social media platform Facebook and instant-messaging application WhatsApp claims that new surveillance rules will come into place after the Ayodhya verdict.
Reference link: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/times-fact-check/news/fake-alert-claims-of-social-media-surveillance-after-ayodhya-verdict-false/articleshow/71980993.cms


* FAKE ALERT: Old, unrelated images shared as that of 'JNU student.
 A Twitter user who goes by the handle "@happyappy" posted two photos along with a caption in Hindi that translates to, "Its not okay to torture little girls studying in JNU. If they don't finish there studies at such a young age, how will they make a career and how will they get married?Poor girls". Later this news was flashed on Facebook also.


  • But after these many national and international incidences actions were taken and lets have a view on what actions were taken:
The Society of Professional Journalists has a code of ethics with four principles: seek truth and report it; minimize harm; act independently; and be accountable and transparent. But the transition to online platforms has fundamentally changed journalism. Google and Facebook control 80 percent of ad revenues; the same revenue source that news publishers depend on. Moreover, more than 40 percent of people now get their news from social media networks – making Facebook a 
de facto middleman in people’s intake of news.

To conclude it all I just want to tell you the current scenerio:
Facebook is taking the problem seriously, albeit with a great deal of caution. They have introduced efforts to help users spot fake news and inject indicators of trust (disputed tags) into their posts in partnership with a few institutions. They have also banned fake news sites from advertising on the network. 

Is Facebook having an obligation for addressing the Fake News problem? If so, what can we do about it. Please let me know.



Comments

  1. Anonymous25 January 2020 at 10:21

    Yes i think it is a very major issue. Thank you for writing on that it was really helpful.

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    1. Abhay Gupta25 January 2020 at 10:24

      Yes it is a big issue currently. As sometimes people faced many uncertainties due to these fake news on social media. Thank you for the appreciation.

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    2. Kaveri Khandelwal26 January 2020 at 01:31

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  2. Nitin Bains25 January 2020 at 10:34

    Well written by you it is really helpful.

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  3. Sandeep Dahiya25 January 2020 at 10:40

    Nice work Abhay. It's good to see that you are trying to aware others on these type of issues. Keep going. 👍

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    1. Abhay Gupta25 January 2020 at 10:55

      Thank you Sandeep, yes i think we only have to aware each other on such issues.

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  4. kabir aneja25 January 2020 at 10:46

    Great work abhay, it's an important issue you worked on👍

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  5. Rahul singh25 January 2020 at 10:57

    Great work Abhay, Well written and discribed

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  6. Salmaan Khan25 January 2020 at 11:26

    Such a good topic great work Abhay

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  7. Anonymous25 January 2020 at 12:09

    Right, this is too much big issue only in our country.....
    Main reason is not the uneducated people spread this fake messages. Even educated people also�� Firstly all social networking can take decision to post everything after some review to decrease this fake post publishing��

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    1. Abhay Gupta26 January 2020 at 03:11

      Yes I agree with you. Now a days educated people also share and post such fake news without even knowing reality for just likes and comments. Thankyou for your sharing your view.

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  8. anshika khurana25 January 2020 at 12:17

    Amazing rise up. Your perspective is refreshing . Gud going 👍👍 it's relevant for each one of us

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  9. Nitish Toppo25 January 2020 at 15:56

    Well written and your issue is genuine. I think people should not spread fake news in Facebook just to get the more reach to their audience.

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    1. Abhay Gupta26 January 2020 at 03:17

      Yes that's right.Thank you for the appreciation Nitish.

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  10. MANAV GOEL25 January 2020 at 18:12

    It is really interesting issue. Great job done

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  11. Diksha Sahota25 January 2020 at 18:50

    Impressive work !!

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  12. Vikhitha25 January 2020 at 19:52

    Well done 👏👏👏👏,keep it up

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  13. Bhumika Sherwani25 January 2020 at 20:26

    Impressive work. Thanku for making us aware of this issue.

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    1. Abhay Gupta26 January 2020 at 03:23

      Glad to see you liked my work. Thank you Bhumika

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  14. Mary Ngukir25 January 2020 at 21:06

    Nicely done. Reall fake news is a threat nowadays.

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  15. Kanchan khati25 January 2020 at 21:26

    Really a big issue and beautifully described by you

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    1. Abhay Gupta26 January 2020 at 04:02

      Yes it is a very big issue. Thank you for your concern Kanchan.

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  16. Ashwani Giri26 January 2020 at 00:42

    Great work, it's a very big issue you worked on and you are making people aware about this.

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    1. Abhay Gupta26 January 2020 at 04:09

      Yes Ashwani we only have to aware each other. Thank you

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  17. Kaveri Khandelwal26 January 2020 at 01:33

    Glad to see that you brought these issues into consideration. Keep writing on such issues.
    Good going Mr.Gupta👌

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    1. Abhay Gupta26 January 2020 at 04:15

      Thank you for the appreciation Ms. Khandelwal

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  18. Mukul Singh26 January 2020 at 02:13

    Great job, well explained.

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  19. Jeevesh Kapoor26 January 2020 at 03:21

    Ethics in news is a must and offen some forget this and you Very well explained it.

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    1. Abhay Gupta26 January 2020 at 04:28

      Agreed with your point. Thank you for the appreciation Jeevesh

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  20. Sahil Srivastava26 January 2020 at 03:53

    Good discription of what the major issue was..well done.

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    1. Abhay Gupta27 January 2020 at 05:50

      Thank you Sahil. Yes but issues are not finished yet. People share fake news or rumors now also.

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  21. Abhay Gupta26 January 2020 at 04:30

    Thank you very much brother

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  22. Bhavni Bhardwaj26 January 2020 at 06:09

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  23. govind shukla27 January 2020 at 05:41

    Whats your view facebook is ethical or unethical because ultimately it was only facebook showing these type of fak Ed news?
    But they trying to sort the problem.

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    1. Abhay Gupta27 January 2020 at 05:46

      Good question Govind, I think facebook is ethical in this case because the case is all about news which is faked by us. So, we are unethical here not facebook. They are only trying to sort the problem. I hope you got your answer thank you.

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  24. govind shukla27 January 2020 at 05:41

    Whats your view facebook is ethical or unethical because ultimately it was only facebook showing these type of fak Ed news?
    But they trying to sort the problem.

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  25. Prakhar Sharma27 January 2020 at 05:43

    Good work, nicely described... i liked the topic very much

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    1. Abhay Gupta27 January 2020 at 05:48

      Thank you very much Prakhar. I am glad you found my topic interesting.

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  26. Bhavni Bhardwaj27 January 2020 at 05:50

    Quite informative blog

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  27. Tejas27 January 2020 at 06:21

    great content..

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  28. Manish Saini31 January 2020 at 09:05

    impressive work .

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