Fake News has earned itself enough infamy in the last 18 months. In this episode, Prabhat asks the question to Prakhar (https://goo.gl/C6SrY5), Akshay(https://goo.gl/PFkuig) and Anurag (https://goo.gl/1Pb1YY)

Prakhar studied public policy at Oxford and has worked on a variety of projects related to governance. He is studying Nationalism in India as a research topic. Akshay is studying International Education Policy at Stanford University. He earlier worked with the Andhra Pradesh Govt. in the higher education department. Anurag has a graduate degree in business analytics from UT Austin and is currently working with GE in San Francisco.
Here's what we discussed.

How did fake news originate?
How is it different from rumour mongering?
Do people spread fake news for power or money?
How do we solve the problem of fake news?
What does the future of media look like?
Can we expect social media networks to self-regulate?
Should we solve this problem by regulations or education?
Can free market effectively solve problem on its own?
How do we facilitate healthy debates in society?


Here are a links to the topics we talked about:

History of Fake News: https://goo.gl/RTnaat
EU Commission’s Report on Disinformation: https://goo.gl/xCmqHv
Mitrokhin Archive: https://goo.gl/MWM5hW
Dhruv Rathee on Lies & Propaganda: https://goo.gl/QVtzJJ
Buzzfeed's study on Fake News vs Real News: https://goo.gl/r56c9J
Ted Talk by Yuval Noah Harari: https://goo.gl/zgz6q1
Newstrends.news: https://goo.gl/7gB2ur
Letter from Editor, NYT and Iraq War: https://goo.gl/3xDYqv
SoSorry by India Today: https://goo.gl/jG4v4F

I Don't Know How Fake News Spreads and How to Stop It?

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