The Society Has Become A Playground For Liars

A few days ago, there was a strange Tweet on Twitter, which became the talk of the town. It was about Social-commerce which broke a person's business. Many people tweeted it on their Twitters and retweeted it for the story to spread. I also tried to tweet it but I was surprised at the next Tweet. It was written as following : the story had been concocted by the same field worker.

▲ According to the tweet, the story was fake.

The crdibility of information on the internet is failing.

The ways of communication has been developed through the invention of smart phones, Internet, and SNS (Social Network Service). So we don't need to consider confined time or confined space. However, behind the merits, there are demerits like anyone can spread false information and making the truth seem unreal. It is not limited to a specific area. Through the Internet, rumors have been circulated about the entertainment, business, and the market economy.

▲ The false news article about Facebook(Left, Source : Weekly World News),

The false Twitter account of Steve Jobs(Right, Source : Internet Search)

The Government used the law, the restricted Internet real-name system, or tracking IP address to eradicate the circulation of false information but the Constitutional Court ruled on the constitutionality of the law so they are now ineffective. People worried about the result because lack of trust among people will be rampant in our society.

However, I feel differently. We have already lived in the world of lie. False information can be produced or consumed even though you did nothing. The word like rumors or strange story represents the reality of our society, which include irresponsible information sharing.

Do you believe our society can be fixed if we use the law or other means? Of course, if they exist, we can control the people who spread false information or help the people who were damaged by the false information. However, if it happened, it will damage the value of Internet : to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as consumers of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to web-sites where users are limited to the active viewing of content that they created and controlled.

Yes, I think, it needs that we have to make an effort to protect the value of the Internet. We should make a smart world by producing and accepting information with critical view. We can create sound and righteous society, can't we?

Written by Yoon Jeongwon