Days after the Indian government pulled up WhatsApp and asked it to take urgent steps to prevent the spread of misinformation, the instant messaging service has launched full page advertisements in leading Indian newspapers.
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: 'In a full page...'
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Dur: 35 secs