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Half-truth or no truth:time to check!

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Half-truth or no truth:time to check! In the above mentioned case, the transfer of inaccurate information was evaded only because I was exposed to sound and diverse education systems which aided me to question the available knowledge and discern the source of it. Unfortunately, this is not the case for most of the social media users. Social media has created a whole new way of learning and millions are aware of the danger in being indoctrinated through self-made, self-interpreted and information that is not true. Without any doubt, I always believe that ' knowledge is power' but at the current state in which multitudes source of information had shifted from papers, television, books and classrooms to twitter, Facebook, google, Instagram and Watsapp it is quite questionable. The pace of social media cannot be stopped nor it is possible to restrict the information that is produced but we can ensure that we equip our younger generation to discern what is right and what