33 min
THE IMPACT | Ep. 04 | In Conversation with Pratik Sinha, Co-founder, AltNews.in | The Facts Around Fake News Access - The Podcast
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India’s fake news problem has been around for a while, but the production, dissemination and consumption exploded over the last decade. More than 400 million Indians now have access to and make use of the internet, but digital literacy and social media regulation are yet to catch up. So how exactly is misinformation or fake news spread? Who is producing this? How can social media companies help curb the spread of fake news? And what kind of policies should be put in place that can tackle fake news? Megha Bahree, Fellow at Esya Centre, speaks to Pratik Sinha, Co-Founder of Alt News to find out, in this episode of The Impact.
About: The Impact is made in partnership with The Bastion, where we look at government policies and business decisions, or the lack of those, in a geopolitical and geoeconomics context. The idea is to understand how those decisions affect India’s role in the world both politically—if it’s a power play or a lost opportunity—and economically.
India’s fake news problem has been around for a while, but the production, dissemination and consumption exploded over the last decade. More than 400 million Indians now have access to and make use of the internet, but digital literacy and social media regulation are yet to catch up. So how exactly is misinformation or fake news spread? Who is producing this? How can social media companies help curb the spread of fake news? And what kind of policies should be put in place that can tackle fake news? Megha Bahree, Fellow at Esya Centre, speaks to Pratik Sinha, Co-Founder of Alt News to find out, in this episode of The Impact.
About: The Impact is made in partnership with The Bastion, where we look at government policies and business decisions, or the lack of those, in a geopolitical and geoeconomics context. The idea is to understand how those decisions affect India’s role in the world both politically—if it’s a power play or a lost opportunity—and economically.
33 min