Nowadays anyone can post news on the internet. As a result, we cannot trust information we read there. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
As the development of the
internet
is very massive, every person can share information
nowadays. In my opinion, not all of the information
that has been shared is reliable as everyone can be a reporter at the moment and we have to filter information
as a result
. This
essay will discuss why we have to be careful when we received information
.
Firstly
, not all internet
citizen is reliable and compatible when sharing Correct your spelling
Internet
information
. Every person was made different, especially in knowledge and competencies. As a result
, ideally
all of the Add a comma
,ideally
information
must be confirmed by the experts of that information
to prevent false narratives. For example
, the Banten tsunami in 2018 was reported as a tidal wave at first. But, after several confirmations, the waves were derived from Anak Krakatau Mountain's landslides and are considered tsunamis.
Furthermore
, for several pieces of information
such
as news, we have to know whether our sources are the first witness or not. In this
era, information
is spread quickly and in some cases, even the distortion of information
is made to reduce the reputation of someone or some institutions. This
distortion is very dangerous as it can divide our community. For illustrate, well-known distorted news in Indonesia was about a police murder by a general that had been distorted as the consequence of sexual violence that he had made against the general's wife. This
news became one of the biggest scandals in 2022. To tackle this
problem, we have to confirm the information
to the first witness of a tragedy, crime, or incident.
To conclude
these discussions, I want to reinstate that we need to clarify the information
that we got to prevent the wrong information
. The internet
itself has a lot of reliable sources that are useful for checking the reliability of the information
. Moreover
, the internet
already has fact-checking applications to improve our awareness of true information
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