Bishkek hosts round table on protection of citizens from influence of fake news

Bishkek, Aug.29, 2019. /Kabar/. Bishkek hosts the round table on protection of citizens from the influence from fake news.
According to information of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, this event is conditioned by the high relevance and the fact that recently Kyrgyzstan is increasingly faced with the problem of dissemination of inaccurate information, especially in social media and their growing impact on society, as well as low level of media literacy.
"Society, falling under the influence of fake news, is changing significantly in the perception of information and there is a trend of growing number of Kyrgyz people who are their creators and distributors," the round table participants noted.
"The danger of fake news is to undermine people's trust in professional journalism and democratic institutions, as well as to complicate the work of state bodies. False information is first disseminated online, but then it can be rebroadcast by traditional media," Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism Azamat Jamankulov said.
The main purpose of this event is to change the methods and sources of transfer of and its reception, to increase the level of media literacy of the population and to develop critical thinking in people.