Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fake news and social media: Indian perspective Subject The topic of the resource Facebook; Fake news; India; Media law; Policy; Social media; WhatsApp Description An account of the resource The unlimited freedom made social media platforms are susceptible to misuse, misinformation, and thus, fake news. In the last few years, social media has turned out to be a massive player in shaping public discourse in a democratic space (Marda &amp; Milan, 2018). Though there have been pressures from policymakers on service/platform providers, nothing concrete has built up towards accountability of the user or platform proprietors. In India, there has been a consistent increase of social media users and instances of the misuse of this medium. This paper seeks to examine how the propagation of fake news has disrupted the public sphere and possible policies that can be implemented to curb the plague of fake news. The relationship between various events of violence reported in India media and the role of fake news in instigating chaos are discussed in this paper. It also tries to review policies initiatives taken by various countries, especially in Europe and possible measures which India could take to restrict the flow of fake news. Media Watch. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bali A.; Desai P. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Media Watch, Vol-10, No. 3, pp. 737-750. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Media Watch Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.15655/mw/2019/v10i3/49687" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.15655/mw/2019/v10i3/49687</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85070763809&amp;doi=10.15655%2Fmw%2F2019%2Fv10i3%2F49687&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=5257b72b421441afa40d536bda062c18" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85070763809&amp;doi=10.15655%2fmw%2f2019%2fv10i3%2f49687&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=5257b72b421441afa40d536bda062c18</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Bronze Open Access; Green Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9760911 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Bali A., Christ University, India; Desai P., Christ University, India