has yet again come under critical observation in after its app with 300 million users in the country became a medium for the rapid spread of anti-vaccine misinformation. "Anti-vaccine misinformation, some of it from posts in the West, is spreading in on WhatsApp, undermining efforts to root out and in a country where tens of thousands of people are struck by the each year," reported on Saturday. Earlier in February, the was reported to have allowed advertisers to promote anti-vaccine content to nearly 9 lakh people interested in "vaccine controversies". According to the latest report, many of the same wrong stories that misled Americans on are spreading via in India, where some programmes have been halted. Fighting against the spread of misinformation on anti-vaccines, in March started removing anti-vaccine documentaries from its streaming service after a Business report highlighted the anti-vaccine comments available on the site.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 14, 2019 13:18 UTC