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AHMEDABAD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 VOL.17, ISSUE-9 www.theopenpage.co.in facebook.com/theopenpage TOTAL PAGE -16 INVITATION PRICE: `30/- ISSN 2347-162X RNI No. GUJENG/2002/23382 | Postal Registration No. GAMC-1732 | 2016-18 Issued by SSP Ahd-9, Posted at P.S.O. 10th Every Month Ahmedabad-2, Valid up to 31-12-2018 From, The Open Page, 4th Floor Vishwa Arcade, Opp. Kum-Kum Party Plot, Nr. Akhbarnagar, Nava Wadaj, Ahmedabad - 380013 | Ph : 9586022210 inside SURE-FIRE WAYS ONLINE FAKE CONTENT: TO IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY Words are the basic blocks of the language, and one of the key THREATS AND REMEDIES predictors of BREAKING NEWS: 3 someone’s BREAKING NEWS: 1 BREAKING NEWS: 2 A Bihari gang of child lifter women is roaming education level, profession and social Our national anthem is declared world’s Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi is declared status. Yet most students struggle to in your city. They have lifted 5 kids as of now increase their vocabulary effectively, best anthem by UNO. world’s best Prime Minister by UNO. as new words go one into one ear and and next may be your child. out the other. p3 other provisions in our law mechanism DR. SHIRISH that punishes the guilty of cyber crime “CHILDREN MUST KASHIKAR like this. Union government recently Director asked Face book and Whatsapp to check BE TAUGHT... National Institute of Mass Youth unemployment Communication and the flaws in their information dissemina- is emerging as Journalism - Ahmedabad tion systems. They were asked to create big problem in technical mechanism to stop the spread- our country. It is often shocking riends, you might have come across ing of fake news. to see that many such messages or videos almost eve- Google and Facebook has taken call of young Indians can’t get suitable ry second day on your social media- Government and started “News Labs” for jobs despite having advanced F quality journalism to eradicate the men- college degrees. p7 platforms like Facebook or Whatsapp or Instagram etc. Sometimes you accept it as ace of fake news. They have started qual- it is and forward it to friends and family ity content generation (news or other) REMEMBERING members without blinking an eye lid. But Manipulation. training programs for journalists and so- do you know above all three “Breaking As far as social media is concerned, cial media influencers. It is a good initia- THE LIFE... news” are fake one? They have no sub- there are various types of fake or mis- tive for a long time solution. Some techni- The genuine guru is God’s stance in it. In fact child lifter women’s leading news or content that we need to cal changes in their software are also in representative and he the pipeline and some of them are imple- speaks about God and gang news video had created such unrest be aware of. It includes click baits, propa- nothing else. Such was that an innocent women of Madari tribe ganda, satire or parody, sometimes mis- mented, like Whatsapp has reduced for- the first Sikh guru, was unnecessarily thrashed by the mob leading headings, biased or slanted news. warded messages to only five messages at Guru Nanak who and killed. Now, let’s check what the situation in a time and that too with “forwarded “tag. laid the foundation Since we all are consuming genuine or for Sikhism. p9 So, such unconfirmed and unsubstan- India is. India accounts for nearly a fourth tial content/news on social media plat- of Whatsapp’s 1 billion global users. Each fake content (including news every day forms are called fake content. In this age day 200 million (20 crore) users wake up being a user it becomes our duty to break NEET 2019 of social media, it is a big threat for soci- every morning to spread various content the chain if we come across the fake con- ety and democracy. on it including fake one. In our progres- tent. The basic question arises for a com- PREPARATION GUIDE Let’s understand first what fake news sive nation, an explosive growth of smart mon user, how to identify fake content! The National or content is. Interestingly on social me- phones, the spread of 4G up to the grass So first whenever you get content on Eligibility your social media platform first check Entrance Test dia, we see the fake content in news for- root level and the nature of platform like (NEET) is a mat. Since news is the most trusted piece Whatsapp has aided in the spread of mis- the sources of story. Is it really done by a highly competitive medical of information, we believe it and trust it. information. The internet and mobile as- trustworthy news website, Secondly, entrance exam. p15 So, those who misuse these platforms to sociation of India (IAMAI) estimates that don’t just go on headline, read the full ar- circulate fake content use news format. the number of mobile internet users in ticle post, because headline can be de- Many a things we read online especially India will touch 478 million by (47.80 ceptive. Third, is it covered by other news INNOVATION AND on Facebook or Whatsapp may appear crore) by this year including 187 million companies or just a single unknown true, often they are not. Fake news is (18.70 crore) rural areas. Smartphone use website is spreading it. Fourth, check the PROGREssIVE... news, stories or hearsay created to delib- is growing annually by 18.6 percent in ur- facts, such fake content often contain in- erately misinform or deceive readers. ban areas and 15 percent in rural areas, correct dates and data. Fifth sometimes Usually these stories are created to either the highest in the world. There lies the satirical content like standup comedy influence people’s views, to propagate problem. There is no direct control of video or memes are spread out of the political motives or cause confusion and government agencies on content genera- context, so get these facts checked first. can often be a profitable business for on- tion and when messages are generated in After this scrutiny, if you find the content line publishers. Fake news stories can de- lakhs every day, it is next to impossible to fishy then don’t forward it and break the ceive people by looking like trusted web- monitor it. Some of the government agen- chain. You can do the fact checking on sites or using similar names and web cies like Gujarat Police, Rajasthan police, www.webqoof.com/ quint or www. We have been in the field of education boomline.in also. So, next time when for the last 65 years and are addresses to reputed news organisations. Karnataka police has started social media considered to be one of the best According to a media research scholar, monitoring cells where they scrutinize you receive a mega star is no more, please educational institutions in the city of there are three elements of fake news- messages which could cause social un- don’t forward the post without fact Ahmedabad. p16 Mistrust, Misinformation and rest, in fact there are cyber laws and some checking. www.theopenpage.co.in SCHOOL SPEAKS AHMEDABAD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 2 To feature your school event on this page, send the details and photographs to [email protected] My Own School collects Rs. 4 LML students participated in various inter-school competitions Lakh for Kerala Relief Fund LML students participated in various inter- school competitions held at DPS Gandhinagar on 24th November. Various competitions were held such as theme dance, folk song, art and craft competitions, and quiz competition. LmLites secured 2nd position in the dance competition in which they performed on the theme” The Right To Education” and were felicitated by awards. SPORTS DAY CELEBRATION LML School celebrated Sports Day at their campus. The day started with a We are very proud to announce that our school My Own March Past and School (D.P.Campus) has collected a fund of Rs.4,00,001 followed by various through contributions from students, teachers and sporting competitions directors for the devastating Kerala flood. It was bid to including lemon race, sensitise our students to most devastating calamity and 100m race, etc. how we could help our fellow countrymen in such a difficult The winners were time. From the funds collected, we contributed Rs 1,00,000 awarded by school to Gayatri Parivar and Vivekanand Swami Medical Mission head boy Kunj Patel and Rs. 3,00,001 were given to Deputy Chief minister Shree and head girl Khushi Nitinbhai Patel Sir, under Prime Minister Relief Fund in the Srivastav. presence of Governor Shree O.P. Kohli. Educational trip of Madhav Vidhya Sankul A 3 day Educational Trip was The Principal of Rameshwar School, Nikol was awarded Atal Bihari Vajpayee Avantika organized for the students of National Award - 2018 on 18th November at Indian International Centre - New Delhi. He Std. 5 to 7 to Kumbhalgadh, also received a gold medal in the national essay competition. Delhi Police Commissioner Shri Sanjaysingh (I.P.S.), Shri S.K.Nanda (I.A.S.) & A.D.C.P.-C.I.D. Crime, Gujarat Shri Anil Udaipur, Shamlaji by Madhav Prathm (I.P.S.) gave the award to Dr. Hemant Pandya. 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