Monday, February 09, 2026

HATE MONITOR

Trading Truth for Hate: How social media accounts weaponized the EU-India deal

In January 2025, as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stood alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce a historic free trade agreement, hailed as the “mother of all deals”, a sophisticated disinformation campaign was already underway across social media platforms. What appeared at first glance to be random racist outbursts was, in […]

How Azerbaijani Media Became a Megaphone for Pakistan’s Anti-India Narrative

When Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s aircraft entered Azerbaijani airspace in June 2023, it received an escort from Azerbaijan’s Air Force fighter jets, a rare diplomatic honor typically reserved for the closest strategic partners. The gesture symbolized a relationship that, in recent years, has evolved beyond conventional diplomacy into coordinated political, defense, and informational alignment. […]