NEW DELHI: Herbal cures for coronavirus infection, communal content, audio clips declaring national emergency are a few examples of rampant circulation of fake news and misinformation on social media platforms, sparking panic amid the covid-19 pandemic.
To fight this, short video app TikTok has released a campaign 'Mat kar forward' https://vm.tiktok.com/crjbqd/ urging netizens to stop forwarding videos which do not have verified information.
Directed by filmmaker Anurag Basu, the film opens with celebrities Virat Kohli, Kriti Sanon, Ayushmann Khurrana, and Sara Ali Khan talking about how dangerous the virus is and how easily it can spread.