Fears mount over WhatsApp's role in spreading fake news
by Jim Waterson Media editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#3SF47)
App blamed for circulating false information in India, Brazil, Kenya and now the UK
Abijeet Nath and Nilotpal Das were driving back from a visit to a waterfall in the Indian province of Assam earlier this month when they stopped in a village to ask for directions. The two men were pulled out of their car and beaten to death by a mob who accused them of stealing children.
"The villagers got suspicious of the strangers as for the last three or four days messages were going around on WhatsApp, as well as through word of mouth, about child lifters roaming the area," Mukesh Agrawal, a local police officer said.
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