In India, WhatsApp is used to hilt by political parties. Ruling party owns one of the largest digital network with 100s of thousands of such groups with 10s of

In India, WhatsApp is used to hilt by political parties. Ruling party owns one of the largest digital network with 100s of thousands of such groups with 10s of millions of members. These groups are used to circulate all kinds of fake news, Islamophobic posts, even hyper local fake posts which have resulted in lynching of innocents by the mob. These posts then spill over to non political groups and are compounded by the fact that media is corrupt and silo-ed into factions. This a genuine problem impacting impacting both democracy and the social fabric.