As it stated in Messaging app, news source, executioner: The many avatars of WhatsApp in IndiaRohan AbrahamMoneycontrol NewsWhatsApp, the popular messaging app, now has the dubious tag of being a facilitator for mob violence. While majority of users distrust news received on WhatsApp, almost a third of all respondents reposed faith in the messaging app. The MOTN survey, conducted by the Delhi-based CSDS in mid-2017, found that only 14 percent of all Indians used WhatsApp on a daily basis. A fifth of all respondents said they used WhatsApp on a daily basis, doubling the tally from last year. Even among the poor, the share of WhatsApp users has increased, while almost one in two upper class Indians are hooked to the app.
India WhatsApp rumors: Mob kills man in latest attack, 30 arrested
New Delhi (CNN) Indian police arrested 30 people after a man was lynched by a huge mob incensed by rumors of child kidnapping spread on WhatsApp. One of the children screamed, alarming locals who -- inspired by rumors spread on social media about child kidnapping gangs -- confronted the men and accused them of attempting to abduct the children. The men fled, but were attacked by a mob of around 2,000 people a few miles ahead after messages were sent about them on WhatsApp. WhatsApp messages warning residents of possible kidnappers had been circulating in the area for 10 to 15 days. A day before the transgender attack, a man with mental health problems was beaten up in Pahadishareef, also in southern Hyderabad, over WhatsApp rumors that he was a member of a kidnap gang.
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