About Media Matters for Democracy
Media Matters for Democracy is a Pakistan based not-for-profit that works on media literacy and development, digital democracy, and progressive media and Internet regulation in Pakistan. We mainly work to ensure that the media and public alike have the tools and an enabling environment to exercise their fundamental rights and professional duties.
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Yes… It is indeed a great challenge to deal with such kinds of things on social media. At first eye a man almost get falls pray.
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often facing…due to huge trafficing on social media websites
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Yes once it happened after that I always try my level best to verify the source of the news and besides that if the source is mentioned in that story or information, I go through fact checking and verification of the source by my self rather than trusting the source instantly.
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Yes, an account for prominent politician with massive numbers of followers was turned out be fake, but i had reported on the basis of that account, did not realize its a fake account.
Yes, for two times when I was beginner in journalism.
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Yes. Social media often exaggerates any incident to such an extent that first it becomes misinformation and then disinformation. Now I always verify the source through which it comes wether the news is authentic or not.
yes,oftenly i get false news thorugh social media and sometimes intentionally or unintentionally i spread it further
جی نہیں کیونکہ میں ہر خبر کو تین مختلف
ذرائع سے تصدیق کرتا ہوں چاہے وہ سوشل میڈیا سے لی گئی خبر ہو یا سورس کی جانب سے بھجوائی گئی معلومات ہو