‘A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes’ – said Mark Twain once. This holds true for social media giants too! Nowadays, Google, Facebook, Twitter, among others are not just social media platforms. In fact, they are the ones influencing our lives the most. These sites are now controlling our likes, dislikes and behaviour. We are merely products for them, which these companies have bought. Now these tell us what to buy, where to visit and even which political party should vote.
Companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google have begun to interfere in the political system of countries. These companies can topple the elected government in a country if they want. Spreading Fake News can create a fake anger in people against governments. There have been a lot of examples in recent times. The violence against the citizenship law (…
