The digital epidemic killing Indians – BBC – Video

TLDR : Fake news of children kidnappers roaming in India circualting on WhatsApp led to 2 young men passing by getting lynched.

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind [1] comes to mind. It only takes one person to spark the masses.

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crowd:_A_Study_of_the_Popu...