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Both speakers said that what has changed over the years is that earlier, comments below a post would be the actual opinion of people but now, because of trolls, social media has lost its credibility. The Chief Minister was speaking at the launch of a book written by social media activist Ankit Lal titled “India Social” and was joined by former Union Minister Arun Shourie in discussing the impact that social media has had on politics and society over the past decade. He also pointed out how an aggressive social media campaign around “Vibrant Gujarat” helped turn around Narendra Modi’s image in the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots. more-inDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that no matter which government is in power, it will want to control social media and not let it grow as social media is the voice of the people and can make any issue go viral. Mr.
Shourie said that social media has proved how effective it can be, with a party comprising mainly part-time volunteers leveraging it to create a political tsunami in Delhi..