Category: Hate MONITOR

Scripted Chaos: How Pakistan-Linked Accounts Pushed a False Narrative on Manipur

Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui

DFRAC’s recent digital monitoring reveals a coordinated effort to reframe minor, localised incidents in the state as full-blown security crises. Pakistani users and affiliated networks are systematically amplifying these events, turning small disputes into narratives of rebellion, military confrontation, and institutional collapse. The goal isn’t just misinformation. It’s narrative construction. Local incidents are being selectively […]

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

Aayushi Rana

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 […]

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

Aayushi Rana

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. […]

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Fake Indian Identity, Real Pakistani Location: A Pakistan-Based Propaganda Network Operating on X

Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui

Multiple coordinated handles operating from Pakistan are actively spreading anti-India narratives on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Investigations reveal that at least seven such accounts are systematically sharing misinformation, propaganda, and psychological warfare content targeting India. Interestingly, some of these users display India as their location on their profiles to masquerade as Indian […]

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The Eastern Front: How Pakistani Terror Groups Found a New Safe Haven in Bangladesh

Aayushi Rana

In the border districts of Bangladesh, Pakistani clerics held secretive meetings with local extremists and banned militant operatives. And connecting these two distant points was a network involving Lashkar-e-Taiba commanders, Bangladeshi Salafi organizations, and a Pakistani preacher with deep ties to the masterminds of the Mumbai attacks. This investigation reveals how Pakistan’s terror organization (Lashkar- […]

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Who Are the Faces Behind Bangladesh’s ‘Virtual War Room’ Targeting India?

Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui

In recent years, a worrying trend has emerged rapidly across South Asia’s digital space: the spread of Bengali-language narratives and messages on social media that appear designed to influence regional equations and manipulate public perception. Many Bangladesh-based accounts present themselves as “media outlets” despite having no link to any recognized institution. They mimic news-format styles—breaking-news […]

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Tracing Pakistan’s Assembly Line for Anti-Trishul Propaganda

Aayushi Rana

When Pakistan’s propaganda machine activates, it doesn’t happen in isolation. It’s not a few random trolls on Twitter or a handful of suspicious accounts pushing a narrative. What we uncovered in our investigation of the campaign against India’s Operation Trishul is something far more systematic. This well-oiled assembly line runs from military briefing rooms through […]

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Digital Hate Expose: Revelation of a Global Online Troll Network Against Hindu Deities and India

Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui

Social media is no longer just a medium for expressing opinions and creating content, but has also become an organized ecosystem for spreading hate. In this special investigation by DFRAC, the digital nexus that is active in spreading hatred against the Hindu community and its religious sentiments has been exposed. The picture that emerged after […]

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When Humour becomes hate: Analyzing the Impact of Viral AI-Created Videos of Indian Street Food

Abhinav Singh

Executive Summary In the present realm of social media, the trend to upload AI-created content is in full throttle. The AI-generated videos and images hold a massive cyberspace, even when the materiality of this content is erroneous. The trend continues to inculcate a large audience on social media about Indian street food. A recent course […]

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