Social media is now becoming a constant for our politicians, whether it is during polling time or otherwise. Such moves obviously were an attempt to sway the voter on election day. Given that India has a number of state elections and with the national elections just a year away, the technology’s potential to spread misinformation is only likely to grow. Should social media be shut off in the run-up to a crucial election? The biggest threat though comes from the parties’ promise to highlight and circulate violent images of other parties on polling day.

Source: dna May 15, 2018 02:37 UTC