One of the most abominable things for followers to Islam is hurling insult at Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW). In Muslim-dominated countries, this is called blasphemy and has been punishable, ranging from life term to death sentence. Any dishonourable remark made against Prophet Muhammad influences 1.8 billion Muslims of the world. Muslims make up of around […]
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On 4th March 2023, a verified Twitter account run by the name of ‘Rishi Bagree’, who has a following of almost 300k, posted the following tweet: The tweet quotes an article with the headline ‘Cambridge slips to lowest-ever place in world university table’ and writes ‘Is this a coincidence’. In the replies to this tweet, […]
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An avalanche of misinformation, half-truths, one-arrayed viewpoints, news items targeting a religious community, political party, media outlet, academic institutions, etc. unleashes on Twitter every day. This is despite the Central government issuing notice to the social media giant on “curbing hateful handles” and the Supreme Court hearing the case on “hatred on social media”. According […]
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Introduction: South Asia Index’s official Twitter page and website focuses on the economy, politics, diplomacy, defence, climate change & other matters of South Asia. Its Twitter page has a following of more than 100k around the world and was started on December 2019. The page, as its bio states, presents global news to its followers. […]
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In the media war against India, only Pakistan and the handlers sitting outside Pakistan are considered guilty whereas the reality is that today many media organizations of Turkey and Qatar have also become partners in this campaign. On the basis of prevailing political instability in Pakistan right now, it can be said that clearly, not […]
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Twitter is the biggest platform of information warfare where many groups are involved in propaganda and misinformation where DFRAC has exposed many networks in the past, who were part of a particular network and working on a particular project and design. Today, in this exclusive report we will analyze another such account (ن في هند […]
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First, the death of 69 children in Gambia in October, now 19 kids die in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand. Both cases have a thing in common. Kids in both countries took cough syrup made by Indian companies, thereby bringing the country’s pharmaceutical companies into the limelight yet again. After drinking the syrups, the condition of the children […]
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In Haldwani, Uttarakhand, after the high court’s order, about 4000 families are in danger of destroying their homes. The most affected of these people are from the Muslim community. Meanwhile, many types of misleading and fake news are going viral on social media. Many social media users are calling the affected people of Haldwani Rohingya […]
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As always there have been many entities trying to inject extremist ideologies into society to maintain their authority. Easily accessible Internet and micro-blogging giants like Twitter and Facebook have made this task of exchanging hateful and provoking thoughts easier. Major parts of this agenda are amplifying any event with communal spin, the use of misinformation/disinformation, […]
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Ongoing mass movement named, “BharatJodoYtra is started by the Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is orchestrating the movement by walking from Kanyakumari to the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir spanning 3,570 kilometers over 150 days. Meanwhile, a video is being shared on social media where Rahul Gandhi, Charanjit Singh Channi and Jitendra Singh […]
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