Srinagar, Nov. 1 -- In Srinagar, it's now common to find someone standing in the middle of a crowd, phone in hand, talking breathlessly into the camera.

"Full story coming soon," they say, as people gather around, some curious, others amused. A video is uploaded within minutes. Shares and comments pour in.

By evening, that "breaking" clip is everywhere, sometimes with facts bent, names twisted, and stories reshaped to fit a dramatic frame.

This has become the new identity of news in Kashmir's digital bazaar. Almost anyone with a smartphone can be a "reporter." A protest outside a government office, a family dispute, or a scuffle on the street becomes content.

What began as a way to show life on the ground has now become raging and ...