India warns against social media data misuse ahead of elections


  • World
  • Wednesday, 21 Mar 2018

FILE PHOTO: A figurine is seen in front of the Facebook logo in this illustration taken, March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's information technology minister on Wednesday warned against any abuse of social media in elections, following reports that a British consultancy improperly accessed information on millions of Facebook users to target U.S. voters.

India is due to hold a national election in 2019 and several states will elect new assemblies this year and next.

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