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Demonetisation鈥檚 Fake News Demons

India鈥檚 demonetisation process has been mired in controversy - and now it faces a new challenge: fake news stories about the country鈥檚 new banknotes.

India鈥檚 demonetisation process has been mired in controversy - and now it faces a new challenge: fake news stories about the country鈥檚 new banknotes. Rumours have been spreading online suggesting the notes have been embedded with GPS chips, and are even radioactive.

And 鈥� when trolls started stealing a disabled American boy鈥檚 photos and turning them into cruel memes, his mother Jenny decided to start fighting back online. We put her in touch with another mother who fought a very similar battle against the trolls鈥� and won.

Image caption:bank employee counts 100 Rupee notes / Image credit: Indranil Mukherjee, Getty Images.

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