The role of the specialized pages of social media in strengthening civil peace - The Tech for Peace as a model

Abstract

The process of combating rumors through specialized pages in of social media, including what is published on The Tech for Peace page of Facebook, is one of the important operations in the leading pages that address rumors and false news as one of the major problems facing media work in our world today, as it aims To strengthen civil peace by highlighting the standards of accuracy and fairness in the process of transmitting news in an ethical manner, and addressing everything that is harmful to the reputation and performance of individuals, groups, institutions or countries according to the goals planned by the promoters of rumors and false news. The problem of this study is summarized in a main question: What is the role of the specialized pages of Facebook in strengthening civil peace in Iraq? In this research, the two researchers followed the survey method; In order to analyze the contents of the rumors that were verified before the (Tech for Peace) page, in order to know the role that the specialized pages play in achieving civil peace. As for the research results, the researchers reached several results, the most important of which are: 1. The results of the analytical study proved that (security rumors) ranked first, as most of the rumors circulating in the Iraqi street during 2019 focused on the issue of murder, abuse and arrests that the social protest movement in Iraq was subjected to, especially after 10/1/2019 through Its greatest component is the youth, who protested against all the service, political, social and other conditions that came as a result of the worsening of the poor relationship between the authority and the public.