India, March 15 -- In the time that you read these words, the internet will have consumed about a petabyte of data. That's a thousand terabytes, or a million gigabytes, or a billion megabytes. The internet set information free and the smartphone gave citizens a window-seat view of this flight. But the ride has only grown more turbulent. For decades, journalism was guided by a basic tenet - Comment is free, facts are sacred. In the century since the phrase was coined, comment is still free, but facts are now alternative. In the post-truth era, where somebody's six can be another's nine, there are no gatekeepers and few guard-rails. Add a dash of AI, and it's a toxic cocktail. But in this swarm of misinformation and disinformation, Hindustan ...