On 10 July 2021 the participants from Spain in project ”Entrepreneurship 4 Integration” have implemented a workshop on fake news in Malaga with local youth in order to share the importance of understanding fake news. Apart from that they’ve informed the youth for the opportunities that Erasmus + program provides to young people.
Fake news about refugees
Fake news is an English term for articles that present invented, deceptive information created to misinform and viral the hoaxes through the internet. Search engines try to fight these sites, social media don’t, and this is where fake news is rampant. Previously this was done by televisions and major newspapers. With the Internet, however, the diffusion range also increases for the smallest newspapers, which in a short time and due to lack of information from users, will soon be able to collect mass success and spread the news on social media.
FIVE FAKE NEWS THAT HURT EUROPEAN ECONOMIE
-The invasion that does not exist.
From Eurostat the refugees are the 7,5% of European population. For example, Italy do not have the highest number of refuges.
-Work competitions. The belief that refuges or emigrants stole jobs in Europe is not true. In Italy or in the others main countries only the 10,5% found a job in order to live.
-The cost of refuges for public purse. In Europe is very difficult to obtain residence permission or citizenship. In Italy for example the government spend 2,1% of entire public expenditure.
-The muslims invasion. Most of refugees or immigrants are christians, between catholics and ortodoxs, they are the 52,6%, while the muslism are only 32,7%.
-Integration on shoulders of rich countries.
It is not true because integrations burdens a lot on the developing countries. They have most of the refuges. On the top about this there were Libia and Giordania.
SOLUTION
In order to fight fake news there is no real method, those who study these fake news suggest: 1 reading more articles (on social networks or not) about the same topic. 2 paying attention to the reliability of the newspaper. 3 avoiding social media, a place where fake news is rampant.