In India, buying a gun is a WhatsApp message away

3/4/2025
Surya Mattu
Pallab Deb
Angie Waller

An analysis of more than 8,000 messages by Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University finds the Meta-owned platform is a thriving illegal firearms marketplace.

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