https://qz.com/1335161/indias-fake-news-crisis-to-worsen-ahead-of-election-oxford-study/

The weaponisation of social media platforms like WhatsApp to spread fake news will gather momentum as India enters an election year.

The number of countries that witness cyber-troop activity—formally organised social media-manipulation campaigns by a government or political party—has already risen to 48 from 28 last year, a July 2018 study on computational propaganda (pdf) by Oxford University researchers found.