Fake News Looms Over Indian Election
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As India’s 2019 election draws near, social media companies and electoral authorities are struggling to control the spread of fake news in the world’s largest democracy. Since India’s 2014 election, the number of internet users in India has more than doubled, from 250 million to 560 million.
遏止: to hold back
疑云: suspicions
巨擘: an authority in a certain field
泛滥: to spread unchecked; to overflow
查核: to examine; to check
遏止: to hold back
疑雲: suspicions
巨擘: an authority in a certain field
泛藍: to spread unchecked; to overflow
查核: to examine; to check
印度，这个全球最大民主国家的2019大选，将于4月11日登场。
根据CNN报导，此次印度的选举，将是近来遏止假新闻泛滥的试金石。
俄国涉嫌干涉2016年美国大选的疑云，引起国际关注社群媒体在选举中的角色。
印度是社群媒体巨擘脸书、WhatsApp、推特最大的市场之一，而印度当局最近也针对隐私和假新闻谣言，对所有平台严加审查。
社交媒体在印度上次2014年的选举扮演关键且较正面的角色。
政治人物成功地利用这些平台吸引年轻选民的注意。
但假消息很快地就在印度5.6亿网路使用人口中散布开来。
网路上假新闻泛滥，造成印度政治对立和仇恨暴力日趋严重，担忧的声浪也随之而起。
去年，在WhatsApp上流传的假新闻，更造成十多起民众动用私刑。
实事查核网站如Alt News等，已着手打击针对印度政党的假新闻。
印度，這個全球最大民主國家的2019大選，將於4月11日登場。
根據CNN報導，此次印度的選舉，將是近來遏止假新聞氾濫的試金石。
俄國涉嫌干涉2016年美國大選的疑雲，引起國際關注社群媒體在選舉中的角色。
印度是社群媒體巨擘臉書、WhatsApp、推特最大的市場之一，而印度當局最近也針對隱私和假新聞謠言，對所有平台嚴加審查。
社交媒體在印度上次2014年的選舉扮演關鍵且較正面的角色。
政治人物成功地利用這些平台吸引年輕選民的注意。
但假消息很快地就在印度5.6億網路使用人口中散佈開來。
網路上假新聞泛藍，造成印度政治對立和仇恨暴力日趨嚴重，擔憂的聲浪也隨之而起。
去年，在WhatsApp上流傳的假新聞，更造成十多起民眾動用私刑。
實事查核網站如Alt News等，已著手打擊針對印度政黨的假新聞。
India, the world’s largest democracy, will begin its 2019 election on April 11.
As reported by CNN, India’s election will be a litmus test of recent efforts to reign in the spread of misinformation.
Questions regarding Russian interference in the 2016 US elections heightened global attention to the role of social media in electoral processes.
India is one of the world’s biggest markets for industry giants Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter, platforms under increasing scrutiny for privacy and misinformation scandals.
Social media played a pivotal and largely positive role in India’s last election in 2014.
Politicians were able to harness the platforms to grab the attention of young voters.
However, misinformation spreads quickly among India’s 560 million internet users.
Concerns have emerged regarding deepening political divisions and violence in India resulting from the spread of fake news online.
Last year, viral hoaxes spread on WhatsApp were cited as the cause of more than a dozen lynchings.
Fact-checking websites such as Alt News have already begun debunking numerous fake news stories targeting Indian political parties.
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