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Spotting & Avoiding
FAKE Messages
CA D K Tejwani
The Chamber of Tax Consultants | April 07, 2020
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FAKE Messages CA D K Tejwani The Chamber of Tax Consultants | - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
FAKE Messages CA D K Tejwani The Chamber of Tax Consultants | - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Spotting & Avoiding FAKE Messages CA D K Tejwani The Chamber of Tax Consultants | April 07, 2020 2 Misinformation Information that is false, but not created with the intention of causing harm. Disinformation Information that is false
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Information that is false, but not created with the intention of causing harm. Misinformation Information that is false and deliberately created to harm a person, social group, organization or country. Disinformation Malinformation Information that is based on reality, used to inflict harm on a person,
- rganization or country.
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NASA sent the live picture of India during the 9 minute long early Deepavali tonight.
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Why do we forward a message ?
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Time for a quick poll
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It might benefit
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Biased mainstream media does not cover such news
It might benefit
- thers to be safe
https://www.statista.com/topics/5846/fake-news-in-india/
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ways to spot a fake post
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Look for frequently forwarded sign
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Fake news often goes viral
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Google it
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Verify from authentic sources
Official Website of Govt Authority / Source Official twitter handle of the Govt Authority/ Source
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Indian Govt website for Corona info
https://www.mygov.in/covid-19/
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Twitter for Quick Updates
- Most Govt. departments have twitter
handles
- Tweet appears much earlier than
- fficial communication on website
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Twitter Blue Tick
- The blue verified badge on Twitter lets
people know that an account of public interest is authentic.
- The badge appears next to the name
- n an account’s profile. It is always the
same color and placed in the same location
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Which one is genuine ?
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Use Fact Checking WebSites
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International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)
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Let us see few examples of verifying authenticity
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Fact Checking on twitter
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Fact Check by WebQoof
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https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/fake-message-o n-disaster-management-act-says-posting-on-covid-19-illegal
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Fact Check by WebQoof
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No question of the Act being “implemented from midnight tonight”.Disaster Management Act was invoked on March 24
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Fact Check by WebQoof
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As per the Disaster Management Act, there is no provision that mentions that apart from government departments, no other citizen can be allowed to talk, update or share any news related to a disaster.
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Fact Check by WebQoof
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the Live Law article which is being quoted in the message is specifically about COVID-19 information being telecast by media outlets.
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Fact Check by WebQoof
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The Supreme Court of India on 31 March has passed an order in a case relating to the treatment of migrant workers,the judges have expressly said that they do not want to "interfere with the free discussion about the pandemic"
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https://twitter.com/cbic_india/status/1223173549269168128
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Fact Checking on Twitter handle
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Simple actions to avoid fake posts
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Do not forward if you are not sure
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Do not rely on images and videos
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Send Link rather than image
https://twitter.co m/ETNOWlive/sta tus/12448074733 13337347
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Flag it back to the sender
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Let us stop forwarding fake messages
Thanks !