The fake news divide: how Modiβs rule is fracturing India β video
30 May 2024 at 05:31
Ahead of the election in India, the Guardianβs video team travelled through the country to explore how fake news and censorship might shape the outcome.
Almost one billion people are registered to vote. The country's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been in power for more than 10 years, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is seeking a third term.
But critics of Modi and the BJP say his government has become increasingly authoritarian, fracturing the country along religious lines and threatening Indiaβs secular democracy. At the same time, the space for freedom of speech has been shrinking while disinformation and hate speech has exploded on social media.