Patna: Public Engagement and Social Media Activity Essential: Umesh Singh Kushwaha.

A crucial meeting of all cell heads of the Janata Dal (United) was held at the party’s state office to discuss the role of social media and IT in the upcoming assembly elections.

Aliyesha

From @akhmxt: 〝This is not an isolated incident in the U.K. Indian accounts also played a significant role during the violent communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Leicester in 2022, a city known for its diversity and multicultural heritage.〞
https://themonolithbykalim.substack.com/p/saar-syndrome-solidarity-with-white

#India #UK #disinfo #ITCell #Hindutva #nationalism #communalism

"Saar" syndrome, solidarity with White supremacists and a hit to reputation

How incessant disinformation campaigns and anti-Muslim hate amplified by Indian accounts have damaged the reputation of Indians online

The Monolith by Kalim Ahmed
〝“Everyone who wants to know how the BJP operates looks for hi-fi, extraordinary tech, and some of that exists,” said a former BJP campaign manager. “But the reality is, it’s mostly brute, manual labor.”〞
#disinformation #WhatsApp #socialMedia #BJP #India #propaganda #politics #elections #trollArmy #ITCell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/26/hindu-nationalist-social-media-hate-campaign/
Inside the vast digital campaign by Hindu nationalists to inflame India

India’s BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and affiliated Hindu nationalist groups have perfected using social media to spread of inflammatory, often false and bigoted material on an industrial scale, earning both envy and condemnation beyond India’s borders.

The Washington Post

I suddenly see an influx of people on #Mastodon now, most probably due to #Twexit triggered by the takeover of #Twitter by #ElonMusk. 🧐

This is good. I just hope the #ITCell and the like don’t discover it & ruin it like Twitter. 🤞🏽

#YeOldeInternet #ActivityPub #SocialMedia

For #BJP #ITCell to drive #propaganda using sheeny light show background selfies for the elites & as a fodder for gullible #WhatsAppUniversity folks who believe & #doubleengine & #vishwaguru stories projects like #SuspensionBridge & #RiverFront #HarGharTiranga are taken up.

Fighting #spam is *hard*, especially when the numbers & motivation-levels of the perpetrators are grossly mismatched.

That said, #Twitter still massively underperforms in fighting gross #abuse, like that of the #ITCell in #India. 😒

QT 🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1526237578843672576

Parag Agrawal on Twitter

“Let’s talk about spam. And let’s do so with the benefit of data, facts, and context…”

Twitter
There's something new going on with #ITcell. Just noticed that all the supporters for Puri-bhaji's tweets and a large chunk of those supporting the regime's Germania plan are too low level. Has Malware reduced the payments or has fatigue kicked in among the faithful?
How India fell in, then out of love with Twitter

Last week, a familiar image appeared on the local news in India: a police raid, with a reporter standing in front of a group of Delhi’s Special Cell police, a unit typically responsible for busting…

jab aap #ITCell ko advance payment dena bhool gaye.
भक्तों ने Sonia Gandhi के जन्मदिन के मौके आपत्तिजनक #Hashtag करवाया ट्रेंड, IT Cell का काम
कांग्रेस की अध्यक्ष सोनिया गांधी का आज जन्मदिन है. इस मौके पर उन्हें देश विदेश से बधाई दी जा रही है. लेकिन सोशल मीडिया पर गंध मचाने वा
http://hindi.hwnews.in/shows/news-report/on-birth-anniversary-of-sonia-gandhi-the-it-cell-made-a-hashtag-viral/104573
#birthday #congress #featured #ITCell #soniagandhi
भक्तों ने Sonia Gandhi के जन्मदिन के मौके आपत्तिजनक #Hashtag करवाया ट्रेंड, IT Cell का काम - HW News Hindi

कांग्रेस की अध्यक्ष सोनिया गांधी का आज जन्मदिन है. इस मौके पर उन्हें देश विदेश से बधाई दी जा रही है. लेकिन सोशल मीडिया पर गंध मचाने वालों लोगो ने आज भी अपनी गंदी हरकत जारी रखी. सोनिया के जन्मदिन पर गलत जानकारी वाले पोस्टर्स के साथ उन्हें अपमानित करने...

HW News Hindi