Staff Reporter:
The government has called upon the country’s all print and electronic media organizations to remain vigilant and avoid using anonymous, fake, or unregistered platforms as sources of news as inaccurate information, misinformation and false reports containing AI-generated images and contents are creating confusion among the public.
“It has been observed that some government-registered and declaration-approved media outlets have re-cently published inaccurate information, misinformation and false reports containing artificial intelli-gence (AI)-generated images and misleading contents, causing confusion among the public,” the Press Information Department (PID) said in a special notice yesterday.
Such practices are entirely contrary to the fundamental principles of the objective journalism, it said.
The government has urged all media organizations including newspapers, television channels, radio sta-tions, online news portals, online editions of daily newspapers and IP television services to strictly ad-here to the terms and conditions of their signed declarations and registration policies.
Failure to comply with these responsibilities may compel the government to take action against the con-cerned media outlets under the existing laws and regulations, the PID said.
It said verifying the authenticity of the information; maintaining professional and responsible journalistic standards and conducting fact-checking are essential obligations for all media organizations before pub-lishing any news.
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