Fake news is flooding the modern media space; they are a significant factor in the distribution of the media and can mislead buyers on the Internet space. Phony information is stylistically designed not to arouse suspicion but is entirely or partially unreliable. It is essential to understand that fake news threatens the consumer. In today’s digital society, facts are of less value than the emotions and reactions of people caused by them. This means that the subjective emotions, assessments, reactions, and personal beliefs look more significant than the objective facts and phenomena. Under these conditions, an accurate description of products loses its actual value, but there is a lot of false information about the product attributed to fake news.
The correlation between the degree of security and the legal regulation of cyberspace remains one of the most urgent issues today. In my opinion, government authorities should have primary responsibility for managing fake news and its consequences. It is necessary to actively develop legislation regulating relations in cyberspace since fake news can threaten human health. In the best case, consumers will lose money by buying a product with these properties (such as LeanSpa products); in the worst case, consumers can seriously harm their health. For example, scientists have proved that the benefits of teas for weight loss are fake news; their consumption can lead to ulcers (Petcu, 2018). Therefore, government authorities’ control of the information space is an inevitable necessity to protect the health of citizens, which is one of the mandatory elements of the rule of law.
Fake news poses a real threat to the safety of people’s health and their lives in the long term. Therefore, it is unethical for a company to allow it to run on a controversial website and promote untested scientific data. After all, in this way, the company puts its revenue and money in general above the well-being of its customers and deceives the consumer, which is unethical.
Reference
Petcu, B. (2018). Fake news and financial markets: A 21st-century twist on market manipulation. American University Business Law Review, 7(2), 297-325.