People below age 20 or above 50 more susceptible to Fake News: Factly -IAMAI study - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 22, 2019
An extensive survey based study titled, ‘Countering Misinformation (Fake News) in India’ by Factly & Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) found that people below the age of 20 or those above the age of 50 are most susceptible to be swayed by fake news. The report was released yesterday.
The report has three main components:
Web Survey
The following are the key observations based on the analysis of the survey responses
Semi Structured Interviews
76 interviewees from the Technology & Internet Service Providers, Government officials, Law Enforcement , Media & Influencers, Fact Checkers, Academia Political Parties were contacted. Out of the 76, thirty (30) of them gave consent to be interviewed.  Below are some highlights from these interviews:
Recommendations
The report contains an exhaustive section on recommendations drawn from the best practices across. The recommendations are provided for a variety of stakeholders.
For Government – Policy & Regulation
For Technology Platforms
For Media
For Academia, Civil Society & Discourse
The full report can be accessed here.