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biology today magazine Published this article page no  43 Sohrai Khovar painting o It is a traditional and ritualistic mural art being practised by local tribal women in the area of Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand. o It is done during local harvest and marriage seasons using local naturally available soils of different colours.  Telia Rumal of Telangana o It involves intricate handmade work with cotton loom displaying a variety of designs and motifs in three particular colours — red black and white. ETHICS 9.1. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AS ARBITERS OF TRUTH Why in News? Recently twitter factchecked US President Donald Trumps tweets and labelled one as glorifying violence. However Trump has called Twitter an editor with a viewpoint. This has precipitated a debate on the role and responsibility of social media platforms as Arbiters of Truth. What does Arbiter of Truth mean? Arbiter in absolute sense of the word means a person with power to decide upon a dispute or provide a judgement in case of a disagreement. By extension Arbiter of truth is an entity which decides upon what is the truth in case of conflicting facts or discourses. But truth in itself is not always absolute. Truth has an element of subjectivity attached to it which varies with context societies and value systems among other things. In the current era of posttruth where truth is constantly subjected to manipulation and misinterpretation a natural need arises for an impartial accountable and omnipresent Arbiter of truth. Engagement platform Social media platforms are currently the largest creators of engagement. Also they are the ones who control the platform by tools like prefiltering screening and exercising editorial control. As a result they are becoming a natural choice for this. o Also Social media platforms have been acting as an enabler of governance. For instance platforms like twitter are used by various Ministries as a direct channel of communication with people biology today magazine buy. 

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