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@samriddhi0809

@samriddhi0809
9 posts
2022-12-03
@aiyannaishaana believes that people getting added without their consent to these groups is a privacy breach. “These groups are not joined voluntarily by many. There is no telling how those with access to these numbers can then use them in the future, e.g., spam calls, profiling”
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Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters

10,000 volunteers, 50,000 WhatsApp groups, and the intense fight to “control people's feed” in Gujarat.  —  • AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA Tweets: @restofworld , @samriddhi0809 , @sam...

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Process of disseminating messages is systematized: Head of the party's social media team finalizes topic; Content circulated to zone-level leaders, who forward to assigned volunteers, they share it with voters via WhatsApp. BJP also send GIFs about their policies. ++ https://twitter.com/...
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Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters

10,000 volunteers, 50,000 WhatsApp groups, and the intense fight to “control people's feed” in Gujarat.  —  • AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA Tweets: @restofworld , @samriddhi0809 , @sam...

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WhatsApp Spam War ahead of #GujaratElections2022 With 50,000 WhatsApp groups, 10k volunteers behind the screen and tons on msges, Political parties have started to communicate with public of #Gujarat through WhatsApp and influence their choices. Stay++ https://restofworld.org/...
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Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters

10,000 volunteers, 50,000 WhatsApp groups, and the intense fight to “control people's feed” in Gujarat.  —  • AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA Tweets: @restofworld , @samriddhi0809 , @sam...

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Congress is targeting individual communities in its messages, Shah said. That means creating groups and messages for people belonging to the Thakur community, another one for Muslims and other groups belonging to different communities. “We control people's feed,”
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Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters

10,000 volunteers, 50,000 WhatsApp groups, and the intense fight to “control people's feed” in Gujarat.  —  • AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA Tweets: @restofworld , @samriddhi0809 , @sam...

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Pankaj Shukla, state coordinator for BJP IT cell decides the topic which gets circulated across more than 50k group. “Even before the age of social media, the party used to send mass emails and SMS to woo the voters.” “We aim to target all age groups”, https://restofworld.org/...
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Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters

10,000 volunteers, 50,000 WhatsApp groups, and the intense fight to “control people's feed” in Gujarat.  —  • AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA Tweets: @restofworld , @samriddhi0809 , @sam...

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Entire process of content has to be carried in a timely manner: First round of content at 9 am, next at noon 3, followed by 6pm and concluding at 9pm. Beyond groups, these campaigners also use WhatsApp's broadcast feature to reach a wider audience. https://restofworld.org/...
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Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters

10,000 volunteers, 50,000 WhatsApp groups, and the intense fight to “control people's feed” in Gujarat.  —  • AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA Tweets: @restofworld , @samriddhi0809 , @sam...

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Social media teams for Congress and AAP also described using WhatsApp to indirectly influence voters. Volunteers often create random WhatsApp groups without mentioning their party's name and try to steer the conversation in their favor. https://twitter.com/...
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Elections in India's Gujarat have become a WhatsApp spam war, as the main political parties push content across thousands of groups to influence voters

10,000 volunteers, 50,000 WhatsApp groups, and the intense fight to “control people's feed” in Gujarat.  —  • AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA Tweets: @restofworld , @samriddhi0809 , @sam...

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2022-10-11
If BJP's Amit Malviya Reports Your Post, Instagram Will Take it Down No Questions Asked. @Meta,get a spine bro! Amit Malviya, you are hopeless and useless as usual. https://twitter.com/...
2022-10-11 View on X
The Wire

Source: Instagram removed 705 posts without oversight in India in September, after being flagged by Amit Malviya, the head of BJP's IT Cell, as part of XCheck

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If BJP's Amit Malviya Reports Your Post, Instagram Will Take it Down No Questions Asked. @Meta,get a spine bro! Amit Malviya, you are hopeless and useless as usual. https://twitter.com/...
2022-10-11 View on X
@andymstone

Meta says documentation in The Wire's article alleging Instagram removed posts flagged by a BJP member in India without oversight “appears to be fabricated”

@JeffHorwitz Where to even begin with this story?! X-check has nothing to do with the ability to report posts. The posts in question were surfaced for review by automated systems, ...

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