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Let every citizen be a ‘shield’ against fake and false news

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Recently, while the front-line forces are ‘straining’ against the outbreak of COVID-19, there are many subjects who have released on social networks false and false information. bringing public opinion, making a great impact on epidemic prevention and control.
In order to be a part of the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control “shield”, each citizen, apart from strictly implementing the 5K Message of the Ministry of Health, needs to be vigilant, not to spread bad, toxic, or stand by together with other forces so that Vietnam can continue to control the pandemic once more.

Fake news is quickly discovered and handled 2 Fanpage: “Hai Phong” (Page.HaiPhong) and “An Lao 24h” have posted false information about the situation and evolution of the COVID-19 epidemic. Photo: VNA broadcast Over the past days, consecutive subjects who have given false information and false information have been strictly dealt with by the authorities, the right person, the correct one. Typically, on May 10, the Hanoi City Police coordinated with the Department of Information and Communications (Hanoi) to fine 12.5 million VND and requested to remove the article for Mr. TVD (born 1982, residing in Hoang Mai district, Hanoi) for the act of using a Facebook account named “Hà Nội phố” to post the news “Hanoi city is airy on the first day of blockade” with a video about Hanoi street experience on 4 / 5/2021. On May 7, the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention (Nghe An Police) fined two cases of posting false information about COVID-19 translation on the personal Facebook page. That is Mr. P.Đ.L. (born in 1950, living in Nghi Phu commune, Vinh city) and NTH (born 1987, living in Hung Binh ward, Vinh city). Accordingly, on the afternoon of May 6, Mr. L. and Ms. H. posted on their personal Facebook page the photo of the test result answer sheet of the Center for Disease Control in Nghe An province was edited. This false information quickly spread on social networks, causing public confusion. On May 6, Inspector of the Department of Information and Communications of Thua Thien – Hue province coordinated with the Provincial Police Department to sanction the administrator of the Thua Thien – Hue fanpage Le Quang H. (27 years old, living in the city Hue) 5 million VND on the act of posting information about SARS-CoV-2 infections without a specific location or address, clearly causing confusion for the community … This is not the first time that fake news about translation of COVID-19 has surfaced. According to statistics of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information (Ministry of Information and Communications), by 2020, the competent forces have handled more than 1,000 cases of violations on social networks regarding false information, fabricated about the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam. Since the COVID-19 epidemic broke out again in Vietnam, dozens of subjects have been summoned and administratively sanctioned by functional forces for their abuse of the epidemic to attack and defame organizations and individuals. multiply; serve the purpose of sentences like to sell online … Along with the political system of the country trying to zoning off epidemic, the information technology industry also strives to detect and prevent false information, believe it or not. exactly. The fight against fake news and bad news is increasingly strengthened by new technology solutions. Within a few days, the subjects who spread false information, fabricated about the COVID-19 epidemic were quickly exposed and properly sanctioned. Be alert in filtering information Vietnam is one of the top 10 countries in the world in terms of social media users, with nearly 64 million Facebook accounts and nearly 35 million YouTube accounts. With such a large number of users on social networks, in addition to those who intentionally spread fake news to cause social disturbances, there are many people who accidentally share false information or false information. The functional force took testimony of the object whose Fanpage brought false content about the situation and developments of the COVID-19 epidemic. Photo: VNA broadcast In order to prevent fake information, the Vietnam Counterfeit Information Processing Center recommends that people pay attention and carefully check the following factors: review the source (quickly check the website to see if the contact information is clear. obviously not); Illustrative information (check the illustrations, images, links to see if the information is really helpful or for any other purpose); prejudice trap (consider whether or not you are biased or prejudiced against someone not); news or a joke (be alert, distinguish between the real news, what is the joke of the netizens); author check (quick check to see if the article’s author is trustworthy); check the time (be careful with the old news being posted back, not sure if they are related to the current event); read in its entirety (the title can be headlined to attract readers); Consult an expert (consult an expert or reliable sources). Accordingly, people need to check the source, see which source the information comes from, if it comes from a stranger, the information is not clear, so be alert. When detecting fake news, people need to notify the Vietnam Counterfeit Information Processing Center through the website: http://tingia.gov.vn; email: [email protected]; phone number 18008108. Currently, the COVID-19 epidemic is complicated, the authorities also pay attention to the people, besides protecting their health, their family, they need to be calm and alert in screening. believe, equip themselves with legal and social knowledge and clearly identify distorted and fake information. In addition, people need to choose information posted and shared from social networking sites, so they should access mainstream information; not participate in posting, sharing or commenting on untruthful information, offensive images, contrary to the fine customs and culture of the nation or defaming or defaming the honor of organizations and individuals; information contrary to the Party’s viewpoint, the State’s laws and policies, activities in violation of the law or information of unknown origin, the accuracy of the information has not been determined; promoting positive and meaningful information in life; At the same time, to fight, criticize and condemn wrongdoings on social networks … Each citizen is an important part of once again successfully controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Each person needs to say “no” to fake news, false information, become a part of the “shield” against harmful information flows, together, unanimously agree with the authorities to soon repel the epidemic.