Indonesia is the latest nation to hit the hammer on social media after the government restricted the use of WhatsApp and Instagram following deadly riots yesterday. Numerous Indonesia-based users are 

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So sad for these things happening. Disinformation is not new, but the speed and scale in which it spreads is unprecedented. We need better checks & balances, not absolving responsibility of platforms bc of “encryption”.

This has been a major problem in India where rumours spread like wildfire because of Whatsapp groups! It led to a lot of people getting killed. The Indian Govt. came up with a regulation to prosecute WhatsApp Group admins if any such content is posted on the group... And this led to Whatsapp releasing a feature for read-only Groups!

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