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Letter Published in The National UAE on 5Mar 19Social media shouldn’t hinder fairness of Indian electionsI write in reference to your article Can India curb the impact of social media fake news on its election?(March 4). Social media platforms Facebook and Twitter have been blamed for their involvement in the dissemination of fake news and misinformation in the 2016 elections in the US. Fortunately, the Indian government is taking serious measures to curb this.Already Twitter has been warned, while action has been taken against Facebook and WhatsApp for the spread of dangerous misinformation on their platforms. Since elections are not far away – and look to be extremely close – the government of Narendra Modi is hoping for a fair and transparent democratic process. I hope it will achieve that.K Ragavan, Bengaluru