The velocity that misinformation gets once something is out there and it is something which captures people's imagination, then it is shared like crazy, and it's that velocity that one needs to arrest, so that the least amount of people are affected.

Pratik Sinha

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As the election approaches, this is going to become more aggressive and there's always a chance that it can lead to loss of life or property, in the heat of the elections, such kind of misinformation triggers any kind of violence.

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Owning a phone and owning an internet connection has become much more affordable and pretty much everyone who has a phone has WhatsApp now, so there's a much higher reach, at the same time the amount of internet literacy in large sections of the population is next to none.

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I think political parties are motivated enough and have enough money that they will add more labor to ensure that the propaganda reaches the last person, i don't think there's anything that can be done as far as elections are concerned.

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