Article 3SP68 A viral hoax video has inspired Indian mobs to multiple, brutal murders

A viral hoax video has inspired Indian mobs to multiple, brutal murders

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Cory Doctorow
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Someone edited a Pakistani child-safety education video to make it look like evidence of a ring of kidnappers was snatching children and taking them away on motorcycles; the video went viral in India, spread on Whatsapp, and it has inspired terrified mobs to attack and murder strangers on suspicion of being involved in the fictitious kidnapping rings. (more")

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