Today’s “Word of the Day” is “baleful” and it is an adjective meaning “menacing, threatening, unfriendly, hostile, hate-filled, pernicious, harmful, dangerous, poisonous, vindictive“.
Example Sentence: That may well be the case, but if in investigations by France, the (Telegram) platform is seen to have wilfully refused to act upon requests to curb hate speech, disinformation and contents related to criminal activity, Mr. Pavel Durov cannot and should not escape the long arm of the law. In India, the baleful effects of misinformation on platforms such as WhatsApp were visible some years ago, before the application came up with certain restrictions. These helped tamp down the spread of misinformation.
This word is present in Reasonable restrictions: On Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest and content hosting and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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