Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters (Samriddhi Sakunia/Rest of World)

Samriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World:
Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters  —  10,000 volunteers, 50,000 WhatsApp groups, and the intense fight to “control people's feed” in Gujarat.  —  • AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA

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