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“We live in a strange world these days,” EC health chief Vytenis Andriukaitis reflected last week (21 February). “ The internet and new communication tools mean that citizens have any information they want at their fingertips. Thinking back on my childhood, I can hardly believe the speed at which news spreads.”While this has largely been an empowering force for European citizens, the difficulty in distinguishing between ‘facts’ and ‘fake news’ poses a serious threat to the trust people place in the food system, he told the International Food Journalism Festival in Turin. Lies spread 'further and faster'According to Andriukaitis’s assessment, ‘fake news’ spreads both “furtherst and fastest”.“Fake news, misinformation, lies – whatever name we give it, there is no denying that it is rife these days,” he observed. |
