Internet both dangerous and democratic: Nobel laureates

The Noble laureates today opined that the “rule of the mob” finds a quick expression in today’s times due to social media, while stating that internet provided a platform that was “both dangerous and democratic”.
“Mobs existed before internet but now mob rule can express much more quickly because of social media. To me that is a danger. Crowds though have their own momentum,” Nobel laureate V Ramakrishnan, who received a Nobel for Chemistry in 2009 said