How WhatsApp Pushes Mobs to Murder in India by VINDU GOEL, SUHASINI RAJ and PRIYADARSHINI RAVICHANDRAN


By VINDU GOEL, SUHASINI RAJ and PRIYADARSHINI RAVICHANDRAN

False rumors of child kidnappers have gone viral on WhatsApp in India, prompting fearful mobs to kill two dozen innocent people since April

Published: July 17, 2018 at 07:00PM

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