The Conversation

Tue Apr 23

In India, WhatsApp is a weapon of antisocial hatred

Written by Rohit Chopra, Associate Professor of Communication, Santa Clara University

Smartphones are a conduit for misinformation about the Indian election.AP Photo/Manish Swarup

A general election in India, the world’s most populous democracy, seems a theoretical impossibility. Collecting the votes of nearly a billion people across a staggeringly diverse subcontinent has for more than half a century faced challenges of logist...

In India, WhatsApp is a weapon of antisocial hatred

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