Dealing with Fake News and Internet Fact-Checking Platforms

In today’s social and political life, false news and its consequences have risen to a position that is becoming more and more influential. According to many, individuals are easily getting lost in an age called as a post-truth period in which ‘truth’ has been lost its importance or value. The two most important events given as examples for this situation are the last US Presidential election won by Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum that resulted in the UK’s exit from the European Union in 2016. Among the discussions in this framework, the relation of the growing effect of the false news to the entrance of internet and the social media in our lives, holds an important place. In this concept, this study aims to focus on the ways to deal with false news spreading especially through social media by relating it to the journalistic practices. In this direction, it aims to focus on the internet fact-checking sites which play an important role in fighting fake news. In the light of the debates regarding the issue in international and national literature, the position of the internet factchecking sites, the potential of them to fight against to false news are examined