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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: Disinformation and fake news pose a fundamental challenge to the practice of journalism. The rise in misinformation was attributed to digitisation and evolution of social media. Media pundits and critics on Tuesday claimed there was an undeclared emergency, which was subverting media rights in India. Krishna Prasad expressed concern over the ‘dangerous’ role that technological giants such as Facebook, Youtube, WhatsApp etc., are playing in spreading and manufacturing fake news. How can this happen when there is no access to internet in the valley,” he said..