Nearly 90 per cent of Twitter’s ‘active’ users tend to spread falsehoods in the case of public emergencies or disasters, a study of more than 20,000 tweets has found. The researchers found that 86 to 91 per cent of the users spread false news, either by retweeting or “liking” the[Read More…]
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The UnDelhiwalah: Brave soul can mend disasters proves this single-mother!
Naimunnissa, a woman who had had no clue how her destiny will shape after her husband, the sole bread earner for the family of four, died of a heart attack in October 2015. With a young daughter (20) and son (16) then, barely ninth-passed Naimunnissa was entirely clueless and had[Read More…]