The fierce digital battle over CAA

Bengaluru | New Delhi: On the evening of December 15, as protests around the Citizenship Amendment Act and police action were unfolding in New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia, a student, Shreya (name changed), fired up her Instagram app and started posting.

“It is very easy on Instagram, given that it allows you to upload abstracts, she told ET over the phone. “For instance, my friend was posting articles — taking parts of it, highlighting it and putting it up on Stories (a popular Instagram feature that lets users post ephemeral content — text, photos and videos).”