It is observed that digital developments have fostered the trend of spreading information, causing difficulties in distinguishing between the facts and others. This can be attributed to several reasons related to human’s psychology and be addressed by implementing severe regulations.
There are some explanations as to why the explosion of news is challenging people to discern truth from falsehood. One possible factor is that with the proliferation of technological advancements, people now have more opportunities to access Internet, where everyone can freely discuss and share their perspectives with others. By doing this, whether the information is official or not, it will still be posted, possibly leading to misunderstandings among viewers. Another point to make is that we are tend to share novelty on social platforms. As a result, the instinctive of spreading news unconsciously is nearly inevitable for those who are unawareness of what they share, and therefore fake news can emerge more frequently on online forums and make it hard to take notice of it.
Solutions, nevertheless, can be applied to reduce the adverse effects of the problem. One possible solutions is to regulate more severe punishments. Increasing the fine for posting unofficial news on social media or even arresting them for years might be practical approaches to tackle the situation. For example, in Vietnam during the quarantine days, the explosion of fake news was a hard-to-be-handled circumstance for the politicians. However, since the application of higher punishing cost, citizens have been more aware of incorrect information in order to avoid being punished as well as fostering the trend. Another worth-mentioning idea is organizing more raising-awareness campaigns so that people will pay more attention to what they post on digital platforms. By regulating these solutions, spreading unofficial information can be addressed efficiently.
In conclusion, while the explosion of information due to the digital developments can stemmed from the awareness of users, the efforts from the government is of importance to deal with the situation in an effective way.