Fake news is the new normal and the ruling BJP benefits from it Opinion | K S Dakshina Murthy
As with many other parts of today’s web-connected world, India too frequently is rocked by spurious and outright fake news. Worse, mainstream politicians use adulterated information to score a political point or win arguments.
On Wednesday, the Modi government announced the three would continue to be held in custody under the Public Safety Act , a harsh law that in the past had been used to detain suspected militants and protesters in Kashmir. However, it has caused massive damage, and people have been murdered over fake news. In mid-2017, a scare over child kidnappers spread like wildfire across India. The result: at least 33 cases of murder and over 99 cases of attacks triggered by rumours of child-lifting alone in 2017-18.
During the protests organised by a left-leaning student’s organisation, the opposition right-wing students alleged that some among the agitators had called for the “break up” of India. There are countless other spurious news nuggets that today roam cyberspace filling many a gullible mind with wrong information. Another widely circulated nugget questions the antecedents of the Nehru family which ruled India for several years after Independence.
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