Originally published at: https://eduk8.me/2018/10/the-danger-of-false-information-spreading-online/
Hours after a mob of villagers beat five strangers to death over a rumor on WhatsApp, nobody wanted to clean up the blood: There was just too much of it. … Five days after the event, the police had rounded up most of the suspects. Each admitted to attacking the five men — all nomads…