1) Role of SM in disrupting Elections -

SM platforms since a decade has been playing a defining role in elections as well as revolutions around
the world. For Example - Arab Spring Movement - by influencing pubic opinion it toppled dictatorial
regimes, pushed no'of countries into civil war in Middle east, North africa. This made political parties,
govts, intel agencies realize the power of SM to manipulate public opinion. Since then pol parties
investing heavily on SM campaigning and also misusing it to disrupt democratic elections. For Example -
Russian involvement in 2016 US presidential elections, Cambridge Analytica - FB scandal