Thursday, 18 July 2019

WhatsApp alerts from Bhutan reach out to Assam

WhatsApp, much maligned for being a tool in spreading fake news, paranoia and mass hysteria, has redeemed itself somewhat in the borderlands of India’s northeast. Villagers living along the Assam-Bhutan border now get flood alerts on WhatsApp from ‘friends’ across the border.

from The Times of India https://ift.tt/30Mqw3T

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