Re:How WhatsApp Destroyed a Village
by vijaybritto on Monday September 10, 2018 @07:45AM
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Not really. Almost all of WhatsApp related lynchings are from villages. The OP's point is that one app cannot fit all.
To give you one silly point to understand; These are the people who are online for the first time. They still are in the 'click here to talk to online hotties in your area' level scam. A regular internet user would know that this is fake. Not them!
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Patently false and just a way to whitewash the crime. Here are lynching/mob attack examples from Indian cities:-
1. Gurgaon : https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/muslim-meat-selle...
2. Hyderabad: https://www.firstpost.com/india/mob-lynching-telangana-polic...
3. Jaipur: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/25-year-old-...
4. Chennai: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/two-beaten-in-chenna...
5. Ahemdabad: https://www.news18.com/news/india/woman-beggar-lynched-on-su...
Re:How WhatsApp Destroyed a Village
by vijaybritto on Monday September 10, 2018 @11:13PM
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I specifically said almost. Look at the number of lynchings and count how many in cities. Even in cities it's not in the upper sections of the society. That's the point
I don't think we have to limit to India either. Americans used to lynch African Americans based on false crimes. Germans thought Jews as Boogeyman enough to conduct a genocide. It is human psychology, not just "poor illiterate third wolders"