There’s a pandemic that has been here longer, is deadlier, and spreads faster than the coronavirus pandemic. During a gathering in mid-February, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “We’re not just fighting an epidemic. We’re fighting an infodemic.”
An infodemic is the overabundance of both accurate and inaccurate information, making trustworthy and reliable sources extremely difficult to find. With this overload and the availability of social media and messaging platforms, the circulation of fake news is even harder to contain.
Here’s why fake news isn’t something that anyone should take lightly and what you can do to cure this virus.