An analysis of over 8K messages by the Digital Witness Lab at Princeton finds messages advertising guns across 234 publicly accessible WhatsApp groups in India

restofworld.org/2025/whatsapp-illegal-firearms-trade-india-digital-witness-lab

When Rahul, a gun seller from the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, first used WhatsApp to expand his customer base over a year ago, he was unsure of his prospects, he told Rest of World. Now, he fields at least 100 business queries on the Meta-owned app every day, he said.
Rahul,…

This story appeared on restofworld.org, 2025-03-05 08:10:25.038000.
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