A major cause of worry for people is the rising amount of fraudulent information in circulation. The main reasons for this is lack of the ability to critically analyse information available in media and lack of access to credible sources of information. Viable solutions to these causes are to educate the general public on use of media as a source of news and to make available trustworthy and reliable data to the people.
With the advent of the internet and the various sources of information it provides, an overabundance of news websites is observed. This has resulted in the general public having too many sources of information. However, little to no awareness exists among the world population regarding the integrity of the information available. For the most part, people are not taught to critically analyse sources of information for reliability. A realizable solution for this problem could be creation of awareness campaigns to provide individuals with the tools to recognise misinformation.
On the other hand, a worrying trend has been observed across news providers regarding the inaccurate content being circulated. As a consequence, there is an observed dearth of credible authorities providing accurate intelligence. Mitigation of this problem can be achieved by the regulation of news channels and newspapers by the government to ensure only the facts are delivered to the readers and viewers.
In conclusion, the world is seeing a surge in false intelligence being reported to the general public. The two main causes of this problem are lack of awareness among people to tell real news from the fake and little to no access to reliable sources of truth. Providing education opportunities to the people enabling them to identify false information and regulation of news agencies by the government are some solutions to help alleviate the problem at hand.