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Social media has become the new jantar Mantar for protesting homebuyers
Q: In the past few months, almost every protest by home buyers, be it against builders or against the government, involved the social media, and with great impact.

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Hi folks, I am from Bengaluru and recently i saw the similar protest here. Residents of a project in Bengaluru's Electronic City area called Ajmera Infinity took to Twitter and Facebook to post videos of armed goons inside their housing complex at the marketing office of the builder Ajmera Housing Corporation. While the police did not file a first information report initially, but the social media forced police to file an FIR after residents posted videos online. Mittal complained the builder was trying to make amenities of their housing complex common with a new villa community it has built next door.
It’s sad to see that people and media agencies have been using social media to share only one part of the case. Bombarding twitter and facebook with blurry videos, slogans and allegations seems to create quite a stir and garnered support for them. While we, the residents of Villows and S&T Block continue to suffer because of the criminal activity of the AIAOWA. Who will share information of our plight? Who will write a post how our water connection was cut illegally? Who will tweet about the wall being built to block access? Social media might be a powerful tool but it is still being used to spread baseless allegations and rumours. Simply posting on social media doesn’t make something true! It is time we did our research and ensure that we are well informed before sharing on social media.
29th April 2016

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