As the number of smartphone and social media users are proliferating in the state, it becomes immensely important that the users do not become vehicles of online political propaganda and spreaders of fake news. During election campaigning for the 2019 by-elections in the state, a case was registered with Kangra Police against an unidentified youth for spreading misinformation about a candidate of a major political party. Superintendent of Police, Kangra had confirmed that the action against the accused would be taken under IT (Information and Technology) Act. During the same time, with the intention to spread awareness about fake news and to enable social media users in verification of fake news, a workshop on ‘Fact Check and Fake News Verification’ was organized by the School of Journalism, Mass Communication and New Media, Central University of Himachal Pradesh at Dharamshala. The major takeaway from the workshop can be summarised as follows- Read More
