Analysis: Meta let Jio Platforms subsidiary New Emerging World of Journalism run ads with misinfo promoting Modi's BJP but took down opposition's surrogate ads
Al Jazeera : Tweets: @ts_singhdeo , @kum_sambhav , @anoophilip , @pankajpachauri , @someshjha7 , @rohini_sgh , and @myaskhi See also Mediagazer Tweets: @ts_singhdeo : A must read article, on how fundamentally important democratic processes are being tampered with by creating loopholes in favour of BJP. That too under the watch of Constitutional authorities like the Election Commission of India. https://www.aljazeera.com/... Kumar Sambhav / @kum_sambhav : Scoop: A Reliance Jio funded company pumps millions into Facebook to promote BJP in elections. Facebook and the election commission let the company, run by a BJP leader's nephew, bypass election laws. I report with @neintara in Part 1 of our investigation https://www.aljazeera.com/... Anoop George Philip / @anoophilip : SCOOP: Facebook allowed a company funded by #RelianceJio to promote BJP in polls through divisive surrogate ads. A BJP leader's nephew runs the company for Reliance. @reporters_co investigation by @Kum_Sambhav & Nayantara Ranganathan. #EyeballPolitics https://www.aljazeera.com/... Pankaj Pachauri / @pankajpachauri : This Al Jazeera reporter has scooped this story from under the nose of thousands of journalists. 10/10🙏🏻 https://twitter.com/... Somesh Jha / @someshjha7 : FB allowed a Reliance Jio-funded firm to promote India's ruling party BJP through divisive proxy ads during elections. A BJP leader's nephew runs the firm for Reliance, @reporters_co member @Kum_Sambhav finds out in part 1 of our latest investigation. https://www.aljazeera.com/... Rohini Singh / @rohini_sgh : Big: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance funded a company to promote BJP through divisive advertisements. The company also spread fake news about @RahulGandhi and curbed @INCIndia's Facebook reach. Big story by @Kum_Sambhav https://www.aljazeera.com/... Madhu Goud Yaskhi / @myaskhi : And they say @INCIndia and @RahulGandhi are not fighting. The entire eco chamber of democratic processes is being funded by a few Indian oligarchs. We need to stand up and fight this destruction of democracy. Those who have not fought for it are destroying it inch by inch. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer