Facebook in reform mode

The Congress must clean up its online act if it's to convince people it can rise above propagandist politics. The action against coordinated skulduggery, including by the Pakistan Army and its dirty tricks department, as 103 suspicious accounts were blocked, is a further step that should be welcomed. This online ogre of fake news, sponsored content and politically malefic behaviour must be reined in so free choice prevails in crucial activity like voting in a democracy. Left to its own devices, India would have probably used these platforms in the poll slugfest to hurl charges against each other, rather than act responsibly in containing these misleading campaigns that can distort public opinion. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, all belonging to the Zuckerberg stable, have acted. Over and above this, what we need is concerted national action to point out such inauthentic behaviour, so they may be dismantled by social media platforms. Indian political parties too must act as watchdogs lest they become victims too in this twisted game of spinning tales. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt.https://theaws.livejournal.com/profile