India, July 4 -- In a country where over 600 Mn people actively use WhatsApp and around 240 Mn use Facebook, social media has become a potent weapon, thanks to the speed at which information spreads across platforms, unchecked, unfiltered, and often unverified. Without a doubt, social media has opened the floodgates of misinformation, so much so that it has now become impossible to tell what's fake and what's not.

Not to mention, such acts can polarise communities, amplify social tensions, spread fear, fuel hatred, weaken societal trust and shake the foundations of democracy. Isn't this what the miscreants want - to bring chaos to the order?

To curb the rise of misinformation, the Government of Karnataka has introduced the Misinformatio...