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Currently, the COVID-19 pandemic is a reality that happens by society looked

after, cause of the occurrence complexity of the disease. In addition, many countries all
over the world are facing another outbreak especially is "FAKE NEWS".

Vietnam, the nation is also facing COVID-19 and here was mentioned a country
can control the disease best in Asia by other countries. To update information online
about COVID-19 is taking place in the country, reputable websites in Vietnam such as
"Dân Trí", "24h", "VnExpress", etc.. , they tried to produce quality, complete, accurate
information for people about the status of COVID-19.

At the same time, FACEBOOK social network - the website is very popular,
widely used here - where there are many reputable and famous "pages" that also update
news CORONA pandemic toward social networking users quickly, more convenient to
experience. However, this is the "ideal" place for many "individuals" to give false
inform, sensational, finding "like". This behavior not only disturbs information and
create confusion but also makes it difficult for epidemic prevention and control.

Daily, FACEBOOK has too many "FAKE NEWS", so they decided to give some
recommendations to users who can recognize "FAKE NEWS", "NOT TRUE NEWS".

First, FIND OUT THE SOURCE. Whether the news comes from a reputable,
accurate or not. What users need to confirm is the fame that the source comes from.

Second, COMPARE SOURCE. It could be sourced from the mainstream


newspaper and if the official sources don't appear, it's most likely fake.

Third, CONSIDER THE FORMAT. Unusual words, misspellings, the cluttered


layout of an article is one of the evidence showing a piece of fake news.

Next, READ THE TITLE CAREFULLY. In particular, if the title sounds


unbelievable or shocking, chances are fake.

Besides, CHECK THE LINK. The link's address is a warning signal about fake
news if users find that link looks almost like a reputable, official website.

Furthermore, VERITY THE POSTING DATE.

Finally, DEVLE INTO THE PICTURE.

Above are some solutions to identified as preventing "FAKE NEWS" that


FACEBOOK recommended to all users. I hope you will do well on anti-epidemic as well
as back up "FAKE NEWS". Contributing to protecting the online community is
contributing to protecting yourself out of "FAKE NEWS".

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#New_Vocab
 pandemic (n): đại dịch
 outbreak (n): sự bùng nổ
 reputable websites: trang báo điện tử uy tín
 accurate (adj): chuẩn xác, chính xác
 reputable (adj): uy tín
 individual (n): cá nhân
 sensational (adj): giật gân
 confusion (n): hoang mang
 epidemic (n): dịch
 mainstream (adj): chính thống, xu hướng
 delve into: tìm hiểu kỹ

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