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New Delhi, (EFE) .- The government of India issued a warning to WhatsApp after the last days, there were several cases of lynching by spreading rumors in this instant service on which he called for "immediate" measures in this regard.
"The deep disagreement with these events was transferred to the address Whatsapp and they were informed that the necessary corrective measures must be taken to prevent the proliferation of these false messages", he said today. a statement from the Indian Ministry of electronics.
"The government has also ordered that the spread of this type of message be contained immediately by the application of appropriate technology," reads the note, which calls Whatsaap to take "immediate" measures.
The Ministry of Electronics indicates that the platform can not escape its "responsibility" and recalls that lynchings of "innocent" people have been recently registered due to the spreading of "irresponsible" messages in this application. On Sunday, a crowd lynched five men in the state of Maharashtra (western India) "because there was a rumor that a group of kidnappers had come to town to kidnap children. ", said the director of police in Efe. Mr. Ramkumar
Last week, three people were lynched in separate incidents to suspect kidnappings of children in the state of Tripura (northeast), including a man hired by the government to raise awareness The Indian authorities have also recently reported lynchings in the state of Tamil Nadu, in the south of the country, where two people have died, a woman in Assam (northeast) and in the north of the country. minus four people in the states. South of Andra Pradesh and Telangana in May
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