Misinformation spreads through social networks - D.Nazarbayeva
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Social networks contribute to the spread of false information, this has been announced during the opening of the XII Eurasian Media Forum by the chairwoman of the organizing committee Dariga Nazarbayeva.
"Events in the Ukraine have generated false misinformation, the lion's share of which has been spread through social networks and blogs", she said. D. Nazarbayeva mentioned facts of banning Youtube and Twitter in Turkey, as well as the adoption of the Russian State Duma of the bill that equates popular bloggers with mass media. "Major part of social networks often transform from the site of communication to the field of verbal abuse, recrimination and incessant hysteria. Society must learn how to protect from this virus. Not prohibit, but protect ", summarized D.Nazarbayeva.