'Internet warriors' are pushing India and Pakistan onto dangerous ground
After 40 Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed by a suicide attack earlier this month in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a poignant cartoon started doing rounds on Indian social media: It showed an armed Indian soldier, pressed back-to-back with a group of civilians. The civilians, giggling over their phones, appear to be pushing the soldier into battle.
It was symbolic of the power being exercised on social media: calls for blood for blood, attack for attack. With elections a couple of months away, India's ruling party BJP needs to show its strength.
Now, as tensions escalate between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed states, even more pressure is being applied by commentators on both sides on Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp.… Seguir leyendo »