Survey shows Japanese vulnerable to misinformation online: gov't

Around half of respondents to a survey believed at least one of 15 instances of false information on social media after seeing or hearing about it, the Japanese government's first-ever survey on public awareness of misinformation showed Tuesday.With the spread of fake news, data and comments becoming a serious problem, the government is eager to accelerate efforts to improve media literacy, as people are often prone to believe unsourced information presented online. Among the respondents, 47.7 percent were misled.The survey, conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, …READ FULL ARTICLE