Growth In ICT Fuels Fake News :: Mmegi Online

Easy access to Information Communication Technology (ICT) has seen a vast increase in the spread of fake news globally. The use of ICT is cheap and easily accessible to everybody through various mediums of communication such as the computers and smart phones amongst others.

Fake news has become a troubling phenomenon, allegedly used to invade people’s privacy. Accounts are at risk of being hacked and bank cards being cloned.

The use of the Internet has enabled the sharing of knowledge much easier and people across the globe are getting their news from social media. Research has proven that more and more people are seeing and believing that the information they get from the social media is accurate. There are lots of fake news websites out there that imitate real life newspapers, something that has forced Hlanganani ICT Botswana to organise a symposium to sensitise people against fake news.

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