In August 2017, lakhs of Rohingyas were forced out of their homes in Rakhine, Myanmar. UNHRC says they are victims of armed attacks, massive scale violence, and serious human rights violations. More than 7 Lakhs of them had to flee to other countries to seek shelter. In India, the government estimate puts the figure of […]
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Simranjit Singh Mann is a veteran Akali who largely spent the last two decades on the margins of Punjab politics. His Twitter bio is itself controversial as he mentions, ‘Striving for #Khalistan’ (A Sovereign State for Sikhs) having quite a following of 27.6K on Twitter. The Background: He became an IPS officer and served in senior positions such as […]
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Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) has the highest place in Islam after Allah. Respect for him is an emotional issue for 1.8 billion Muslims around the world. Controversial comments made on Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) in any part of the world, and derogatory statements about him directly affect the world’s second-largest religiouscommunity. It also has a direct impact […]
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The China-Taiwan tension started ever since the nationalist party’s leader Chiang Kai-shek, leader of Kuomintang (KMT) fled to Formosa Island (former name of Taiwan), after losing to Mao Zedong-led communist party. China considers Taiwan as its part but Taiwan claims itself to be the real China and above all, an independent nation. Now, Nancy Pelosi’s recent […]
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Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and author who works in Hindi cinema. He is famous for controversial films like The Tashkent Files, The Kashmir Files, etc. He is active on Twitter with almost 8 lakh followers. His bigot comments and tweets always make him to controversies, which he seems to enjoy. […]
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Droupadi Murmu has been elected as the 15th President of India. She defeated the opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. There is an influx of people congratulating her on the victory. Further, social media users are writing posts of congratulations and best wishes and tagging Draupadi Murmu. In these posts, different users are tagging different accounts of […]
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Tarek Fatah is a Pakistani writer and a columnist who is born in Karachi he is a popular figure among the Indian right-wing and is a peddler of fake news that aims to harden negative stereotypes about the Muslim community. His entire Twitter account is filled with the post that is against Indian Muslims. He often spreads […]
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There are many users on Twitter who frequently change their usernames. The reason is different for different users. The posts by these accounts are majorly set on an agenda in an attempt to channel the reader’s mind. In this DFRAC exclusive report, we will analyze the tactics of these accounts running by the name of […]
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Dfrac had earlier published a report on “Chinese Twitter Army: Whitewashing the negativity about China on Social Media”. This special report deals with the increasing hate posts against Africans in the Chinese social media space. There is a huge multimedia industry going on in China where they are using poor African children to make funny […]
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In this DFRAC Exclusive we are going to talk about Dhirendra Krishna Shastri. What he actually does and how he got viral on social media, especially Twitter. Dhirendra Shastri is working since twelve years as a preacher of Bhageshwar Dham Sarkar. The dham is situated at Gada village of chattarpur, Madhya Pradesh. People often say that […]
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