Facebook can help curb govt corruption

Washington:  Social platforms like Facebook may help fight government corruption, especially in countries where press freedom is curbed, say researchers who studied the impact of social media during the 2012 anti-corruption protests in India. Sudipta Sarangi of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the US said his cross- country analysis using data shows the more Facebook penetrates public usage, the higher the likelihood of government corruption meeting protest.