Audience RightBenefiting from Correct Information and Dealing with Fake News

With the increasing influence of mass media and cyberspace in today's life, the need to address the legal aspect of this issue has become more apparent. One of the benefits and characteristics of today's media is the fast and free circulation of information and the mass production of news by the media custodians and even the users themselves. Therefore, identifying the rights of the audience and users of these media and, on the other hand, specifying the duty of the users and the custodians of the media seem to be important and necessary. One of these rights is the right to benefit from correct information. On the other hand, a phenomenon that can disrupt the realization of this right is a global and destructive phenomenon known as "fake news". Dealing with such news and information and prohibiting their production and publication is a reciprocal duty of the right to benefit from correct information. The main question of this article is to identify this right and obligation in the context of various types of mass media in Iran's legal system, using library data and documentary methods with a descriptive-analytical approach and sometimes with a comparative view of the actions taken in Other countries have investigated this issue. And finally, identifying such rights and obligations and examining its various dimensions in the mirror of the laws and regulations of Iran's legal system is the main finding of the article.