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Fake News in Social Media: Exploring the Impacts and Regulating Laws on Spreading Out Fake News

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dc.contributor.author Afrin, Sadia
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-01T04:11:19Z
dc.date.available 2022-06-01T04:11:19Z
dc.date.issued 2022-04-22
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/3573
dc.description This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Law in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. en_US
dc.description.abstract The generation and dissemination of current events in our society are altering in this modern age of the internet and other social networks. A new process has evolved: the rapid conversion of conventional print media into the online media. On the one side, the internet has liberalized news creation and distribution, but it has also become a potential source for misleading information. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter are becoming strong sites for distributing information and media, given the growing usage of smartphones. New forms of online interaction, including Skype, WhatsApp, Messenger, LINE, among many others, have exacerbated the propagation of fake news. This paper tries to check whether the laws of Bangladesh are capable to bring the propagators of fake news to justice, especially propagators disseminating fake news beyond the border of Bangladesh. The present concerns surrounding false news are examined using the standard empirical-analytical technique in this research. In doing so the paper tried to illustrate and compare both the cases of the spread of fake news from Bangladesh and beyond Bangladesh. The paper argues that Bangladesh’s Government enacted laws that empowered the government to control the effect of fake news in Bangladesh but such laws are more reactive in nature rather than being proactive. As a result, the laws are not sufficient to mitigate damages and negative social aspects of fake news. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher East West University en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries ;LAW00036
dc.subject Fake News in Social Media, Regulating Laws on Spreading Out Fake News en_US
dc.title Fake News in Social Media: Exploring the Impacts and Regulating Laws on Spreading Out Fake News en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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