In latest instance of fake news on WhatsApp begetting lynchings in India, rumors of violence led to mob attacking two men and arrests of some for spreading lies (Sankalp Phartiyal/Reuters)

Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters:
In latest instance of fake news on WhatsApp begetting lynchings in India, rumors of violence led to mob attacking two men and arrests of some for spreading lies  —  MUMBAI (Reuters) - A WhatsApp text circulating in some districts of India's central Madhya Pradesh state helped to inflame a mob …

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