The Indian government has pulled up the Facebook-owned instant messaging service, asking it to take urgent steps to prevent the spread of misinformation.
Over the last three months, twenty-nine people have been lynched by mobs across eight Indian states. These people were killed after locals mistook them to be child abductors- following viral messages circulated on WhatsApp warning of child kidnapping gangs being active in those areas.
Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.
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Over the last three months, twenty-nine people have been lynched by mobs across eight Indian states. These people were killed after locals mistook them to be child abductors- following viral messages circulated on WhatsApp warning of child kidnapping gangs being active in those areas.
Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.
In: 'Terming these...'
Out: SOC
Dur: 34 secs