An article by Ehsan Siddiqui 25th May 2020, in Minneapolis of Minnesota state in the USA a negro-man named George Floyd became prey to the history of police brutality and racial discrimination in the country. A policeman was captured on video pressing his knee against Floyd's neck who was laying on the ground motionless for a duration of around 9 minutes. the last words of the dying man on the ground "I Can't Breathe" sparked a worldwide movement against the oppression on racial grounds, hundreds of thousands of people took to streets of not only America but a number of other countries as well. However, this was not it various social medial platforms like twitter, Facebook and Instagram were also stormed by a flood of millions of posts supporting the cause. "Black lives matter" movement is not a standalone case in which people took the help of social media to express their dissent. A few months back in India also social media was widely used to oppose...
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