WhatsApp lynchings stir mobs

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The rise of social media is making it easier to stir up mobs.

In India, where communal violence is common, the so-called ‘WhatsApp lynchings’ were responsible for more than two dozen deaths in 2018. Read more

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Tags: India, Social Media, WatsApp, WatsApp lynchings

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Love George Pell or loathe him, we should all be grateful that justice has been delivered

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