Wednesday, August 22, 2018

India says WhatsApp could face abetment charges if fake news not curbed

The Indian government has asked WhatsApp's CEO Chris Daniels to devise ways to trace the origin of fake messages circulated on the platform.

Mr. Daniels met India's Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad following a series of mob lynchings in India caused by people believing rumours spread on the instant messaging platform.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

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