"Think 10 Times Before Forwarding Anything": PM Modi On Fake News

"One should think 10 times before forwarding any information and verify it before believing it. Every platform has tools to verify any information. If you will browse through different sources, you will get a new version of it," the Prime Minister said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that a single fake news has the capability to snowball into a matter of national concern and emphasised the need to come up with technological advancement to check them. Fact check of fake news is a must. Technology plays a big role in this. People must be made aware of mechanisms to verify messages before forwarding them. pic.twitter.com/ucUwQKOqlT

Addressing the 'Chintan Shivir' in Haryana, a gathering of Home Ministers of states to deliberate on issues of internal security, PM Modi stressed on the need to educate people about analysing and verifying any piece of information before forwarding it to others.

"One should think 10 times before forwarding any information and verify it before believing it. Every platform has tools to verify any information. If you will browse through different sources, you will get a new version of it," the Prime Minister said.