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I got curious about the role of Whatsapp in this whole incident and googled the actual incident: https://in.news.yahoo.com/google-engineer-beaten-death-over-08
by thisisit 8y ago
I got curious about the role of Whatsapp in this whole incident and googled the actual incident:
https://in.news.yahoo.com/google-engineer-beaten-death-over-081518270.html https://in.news.yahoo.com/google-engineer-beaten-death-over-...
From this story it looks like Whatsapp was only used as a communication medium and not really the rumor mongering one. While I can understand some of the examples given the linked dw.com article, I don't see what could Whatsapp do in such cases? Should they block every offensive message?
So, for me this story sounds more like a low quality effort on part of the media. Once upon a time there used to be similar stories about how SMSes were being used for rumor mongering and spreading propaganda. And the major issue has always been ignored - education.
- RichardCA 8y agoThis seems to be a decent accounting. http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/karnataka-google-techie-beaten-to-death-by-mob-on-child-lifting-suspicion/1316634 http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/karnataka-google-techie...