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‘Forward’ as received – here’s a habit in which India has no peer

Gurgaon | Sunday | 10th February, 2019

Summary:

In the days to come, political parties will likely share messages imbued with nationalism, thus increasing their forwardabilty factor. You probably received it from someone who was not in Noida but via a WhatsApp forward, or, more likely, in a group you are a part of. Then, the messaging app had noted that people in India forward "more messages, photos, and videos than any other country in the world".The invention of the forward button has to be the single-biggest reason for the explosion in the flow of information, in India in the 21st century. In an internet universe where everyone has access to knowledge, ‘before’ trumps ‘more’ – the urge to forward the hailstorm pictures emanates from this. This measure was first introduced in India in July 2018, to curb the spread of fake news..