"Epidemic" Of Fake News Lynchings

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  • Published On: August 28, 2019
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Mob lynching over WhatsApp rumours and fake news seems to have made a comeback, largely in UP, Bihar and West Bengal, with a 200 per cent rise in fake news deaths in the last five years. But what's driving this and how is the police handling such mob violence? Reality Check discusses.

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