Pakistani sleeper cells push anti-India propaganda on internet ahead of Punjab Assembly polls
2 years, 11 months ago

Pakistani sleeper cells push anti-India propaganda on internet ahead of Punjab Assembly polls

India Today  

Information security analysts have found proof that Pakistan’s sleeper cells are attempting to create a sense of disharmony in India by using forged proxies and internet "sleeper cells". Read | Probe agencies unveil Pak conspiracy in Punjab terror, narco ops | EXCLUSIVE Pakistan's nefarious plan emerges against the backdrop of the recent breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security and the Ludhiana court bomb blast in poll-bound Punjab. According to information security firm Innefu co-founders Abhishek Sharma and Tarun Vig, the Pakistani handles were captured to identify Pakistan's involvement, confirming the ISI agenda to resurrect the Khalistan movement against India's sovereignty. Sharma said, “The online agenda was used to further the stance of Sikh For Justice, which made overt attempts to influence youth by offering $125,000 for raising Khalistan flags in Parliament on November 26/29.” “Another concerning aspect is that the majority of the articles and accounts generated were in close proximity to Punjab, on the Indo-Pakistan border.

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Nuh Violence: Police probe 12 Pakistani social media groups for instigating the riots
1 year, 4 months ago

Nuh Violence: Police probe 12 Pakistani social media groups for instigating the riots

Op India  

12 Pakistani social media groups, with thousands of followers from Indian states of Haryana and Rajasthan, are under the police scanner in connection with the violence that took place in Nuh on 31st July 2023. According to news reports, a minimum of 12 social media groups linked to Pakistan have been identified as significant contributors to the Nuh clashes, said …

Twitter ‘relocates’ users of Pakistani region to India, user
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter ‘relocates’ users of Pakistani region to India, user

Live Mint  

Twitter reportedly have bloc­ked access to the government of Pakistan’s official account in Gilgit-Baltistan and chan­ged the region’s location to parts of India, Dawn reported. “I am in #GilgitBaltistan & @Twitter can’t show tweets from @GovtofPakistan, saying that account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand! He further noted officials in Pakis­tan should take “serious cognisance” …

Twitter Blocked a Country
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter Blocked a Country

Slate  

On Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a virtual address at the second-ever Summit for Democracy, hailing his country as the “best example of democracy in the world.” As Modi’s words were beamed out to dozens of other nations, the Indian government was cracking down on its citizens’ digital rights—again. Indian authorities, who have still not caught Singh, have …

Twitter bans Pakistan government’s account in India
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter bans Pakistan government’s account in India

Live Mint  

The official Twitter account of the Pakistan government, in response to a legal demand, has been banned in India. Additionally, in August, India blocked eight YouTube-based news channels, including one based in Pakistan, as well as a Facebook account that was disseminating "fake, anti-India content" online. Meanwhile, Pakistan has been removed from the EU's "High-Risk Third Countries" list due to …

Twitter withholds Pakistan govt’s account in India for the second time
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter withholds Pakistan govt’s account in India for the second time

Live Mint  

In the second time this year, the Twitter account of the Government of Pakistan has been withheld for users in India on 1 October, 2022. Previously, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had blocked 16 YouTube news channels including six Pakistan-based channels for spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations, and public order. In August this year, India blocked …

Pak Uses Social Media to Mislead Kashmiri Youth & Push Them Towards Militancy, Says J&K DGP
2 years, 5 months ago

Pak Uses Social Media to Mislead Kashmiri Youth & Push Them Towards Militancy, Says J&K DGP

News 18  

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday said Pakistan tries to spread hatred in the union territory through various social media platforms and has so far trapped a large number of Kashmiri youth. J&K DGP Dilbag Singh said that the police teams are keeping a strict vigil on social media handlers operating from across the border with an aim to push …

Pak summons Indian diplomat to register strong protest over recent blocking of Twitter accounts
2 years, 5 months ago

Pak summons Indian diplomat to register strong protest over recent blocking of Twitter accounts

India Today  

Pakistan summoned Indian Charge d’Affaires Suresh Kumar to Islamabad on Friday to lodge a “strong” protest over the recent blocking of certain Pakistani Twitter handles in India. “The Indian Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today and a strong demarche was made on the Indian government's blocking of access to the content of 80 …

Twitter India bans accounts of Pakistan embassies in UN, Turkey, Iran, Egypt
2 years, 5 months ago

Twitter India bans accounts of Pakistan embassies in UN, Turkey, Iran, Egypt

India TV News  

Highlights The Twitter accounts of Pakistan Embassies in UN, Turkey, Iran and Egypt are banned in India. The official Twitter accounts of Pakistan Embassies in UN, Turkey, Iran and Egypt have banned by the social media platform in India. This development comes at a time when the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting earlier blocked 16 YouTube news channels including 6 …

Social media exploited to promote anti-India activities, say experts
2 years, 8 months ago

Social media exploited to promote anti-India activities, say experts

The Hindu  

The recent action taken by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry against many social media accounts on the charge of indulging in activities detrimental to India’s national and global interests is a step in the right direction, but — given the enormity of the threat — capacity building is necessary to counter such organised online campaigns, say security agencies and experts. …

Eight social media activists of Imran Khan's party held for campaign against Pakistan Army chief
2 years, 8 months ago

Eight social media activists of Imran Khan's party held for campaign against Pakistan Army chief

The Hindu  

Eight social media activists of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have been arrested for allegedly running a vilification campaign against Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa. The arrests were made by Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency on April 12 in different parts of the Punjab Province over targeting of the Army chief and Supreme Court judges on social media. According to …

Big conspiracy to spoil communal harmony in India exposed; flood of provocative tweets from Pak, Afghanistan
2 years, 8 months ago

Big conspiracy to spoil communal harmony in India exposed; flood of provocative tweets from Pak, Afghanistan

India TV News  

Highlights A disinformation campaign is being run to disrupt communal harmony in India Provocative tweets are being published by handles mostly from Pakistan, Afghanistan Tweets put out by these handles are provocative, divisive & incite hatred between two communties An international campaign to disturb communal harmony in India has been exposed after thousands of tweets using #IndianMuslimsUnderAttack were found to …

Opinion | Fake news factory: How Pakistan is misusing YouTube to spread lies about India
3 years ago

Opinion | Fake news factory: How Pakistan is misusing YouTube to spread lies about India

India TV News  

Today I want to speak about the fake news factory that is being run by Pakistan. On Tuesday, the Centre blocked all these 20 YouTube channels and two Pakistani websites that were peddling fake and concocted stories against India. The next day, another YouTube channel Punchline posted this fake story: “200 Indian army jawans were converted to Islam in Kashmir”. …

Pakistan has opened a fake news factory to target India. Here's how
3 years ago

Pakistan has opened a fake news factory to target India. Here's how

India Today  

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting banned twenty YouTube channels and two websites for dispensing fake news and promoting anti-India propaganda. The Punch Line Subscribers: 1.16 lakh Example of published story: 20 Indian Army Generals Neutralized In Training Center Of Kashmir Targeted By Kashmir Mujaheddin 6. Zain Ali Official Subscribers: 1.39 lakh Example of published story: 12 Indian …

'Shami getting abused by Hindu Indians' was a social media propaganda peddled by Pakistani handles? How it happened
3 years, 1 month ago

'Shami getting abused by Hindu Indians' was a social media propaganda peddled by Pakistani handles? How it happened

Op India  

The India-Pakistan cricket match in the T20 World Cup was mired with controversies even before it began. Source: Twitter Just at the time when anti-India elements were being called out on social media for celebrating Pakistan’s win, there were multiple tweets going around that Md Shami is being abused by some Indians. A Twitter User Counter-Propaganda Division did detailed research …

Pakistanis share unrelated video in anti-India campaign on social media
3 years, 2 months ago

Pakistanis share unrelated video in anti-India campaign on social media

Op India  

Muslim social media users from several countries are sharing tweets calling for the boycott of Indian products, alleging atrocities on Muslims in the country. pic.twitter.com/nCHhK4cJjw — محمد باحارث Mohammad Bahareth September 27, 2021 The online campaign was triggered by the recent incidents in Assam when an eviction drive against illegal encroachment by Bangladesh origin Muslims had turned violent. But in …

Twitter vs Govt of India: Importance of SM and what is the road ahead
3 years, 6 months ago

Twitter vs Govt of India: Importance of SM and what is the road ahead

Op India  

Today, when the whole world is confronted with an unprecedented crisis due to the COVID19 pandemic, another crisis has emerged over the ‘penetrative’ role of social media platforms in India. Considering the kind of enormous outreach of social media, platforms such as Twitter have started to act arbitrarily to become a state within a state Twitter decided to defy an …

Facebook suspends Pakistan-linked fake news outlets targeting India
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook suspends Pakistan-linked fake news outlets targeting India

India Today  

In a recent Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour report of Facebook, the platform has taken down 40 Facebook accounts, 25 Pages, six Groups, and 28 Instagram accounts based in Pakistan. “Key narratives advanced by the network included: praise for Pakistan and its armed forces; efforts to denigrate India and highlight attacks by Hindu nationalists targeting religious minorities; support for Pakistani Prime Minister …

‘Truth remains unafraid’: Rahul Gandhi on Delhi Police visit to Twitter India's offices over toolkit row
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Truth remains unafraid’: Rahul Gandhi on Delhi Police visit to Twitter India's offices over toolkit row

Firstpost  

The Congress on Monday had alleged that the “cowardly raid” on Twitter’s offices by the Delhi Police “exposes lame-duck attempts” to hide a “fraudulent toolkit” by BJP leaders New Delhi: “Truth remains unafraid,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday after the Delhi Police sent a notice to Twitter India in connection with the probe into a complaint about the …

Union govt orders monitoring of social media accounts of J&K employees
3 years, 8 months ago

Union govt orders monitoring of social media accounts of J&K employees

Op India  

Earlier this month, Jammu and Kashmir’s General Administration Department issued a circular, asking all the administrative secretaries, divisional commissioners and heads of various departments to get security clearance of unverified government employees from the J&K Police’s criminal investigation department. The new guidelines by the government included scrutiny of social media accounts of employees. Besides seeking basic details such as name, …

Twitter suspends more India accounts amid free speech debate
3 years, 10 months ago

Twitter suspends more India accounts amid free speech debate

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Twitter said on Wednesday that it has suspended some Indian accounts after it was served with several blocking orders by India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology over the past 10 days related to massive farmer protests. The company said such an action would also go against its “principles of defending protected speech and freedom of expression.” …

Twitter seeks meeting with IT minister over govt notice, says tweets must continue to flow
3 years, 10 months ago

Twitter seeks meeting with IT minister over govt notice, says tweets must continue to flow

India Today  

The ongoing tussle between the government of India and Twitter might see an end soon. The entire story started on February 1 when Twitter India withheld several accounts that were reportedly tweeting or sharing information on farmers' protest. India Today Tech learnt at that point that Twitter had blocked the accounts in the interim in response to a valid legal …

Govt asks Twitter to take down 1,178 accounts: Report
3 years, 10 months ago

Govt asks Twitter to take down 1,178 accounts: Report

Live Mint  

The government has asked microblogging platform Twitter to remove more than a thousand accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation around farmers' protests. Government tells Twitter to remove 1178 Pakistani-Khalistani accounts spreading misinformation and provocative content around farmers' protests. On Saturday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said that there was a reason why MEA reacted to the remarks of some celebrities …

Govt. asks Twitter to remove 1,178 accounts
3 years, 10 months ago

Govt. asks Twitter to remove 1,178 accounts

The Hindu  

The Centre has asked Twitter to remove nearly 1,200 accounts related to farmers’ protest that it suspects to be linked to Khalistan sympathisers or backed by Pakistan. Additionally, the government feels that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey ‘liking’ a few tweets supporting the protest raises questions over the platform’s neutrality. “The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has shared a list …

India asks Twitter to remove 1178 more accounts, says they are Pakistani accounts tweeting on farmer protests
3 years, 10 months ago

India asks Twitter to remove 1178 more accounts, says they are Pakistani accounts tweeting on farmer protests

India Today  

While Twitter is yet to comply with an earlier missive, the Indian government has sent a list of another 1178 accounts to the social media company that it wants removed or blocked from Twitter. Sources said that these accounts were flagged by security agencies as accounts of Khalistan sympathisers or backed by Pakistan and operating from foreign territories, causing threat …

How Pakistanis are using current Punjab farmer protests to fuel pro-Khalistan sentiments
4 years ago

How Pakistanis are using current Punjab farmer protests to fuel pro-Khalistan sentiments

Op India  

While Khalistani elements have infiltrated the Punjab farmer protest against free market, our neighbouring country Pakistan seems to have even more nefarious agenda. ‘Dalip Singh’ thanks Pakistan for supporting Khalistan He even shared videos wherein he wanted Pakistanis to learn the ‘reality’ about surgical strikes. ‘Dalip Singh’ sharing ‘reality’ of surgical strikes The above video, which has garnered over 100 …

J&K police takes on propaganda, lie-spreaders; over 300 profiles under radar
4 years, 3 months ago

J&K police takes on propaganda, lie-spreaders; over 300 profiles under radar

India TV News  

The Jammu and Kashmir police have been at the forefront in the fight against terrorism in the newly formed union territory but there are modern challenges. Kashmir has been grappling with a lot of fake propaganda on social networking sites following which the Cyber Cell has swung into action. There was a handle who posted something which could've created communal …

Pakistanis behind ‘Chinese’ info war on India-China border standoff
4 years, 4 months ago

Pakistanis behind ‘Chinese’ info war on India-China border standoff

The Hindu  

Many of the ‘Chinese’ accounts that mushroomed on social media this summer and spread false information about the border clash with India have been traced to Pakistan, in what is believed to be a coordinated disinformation campaign aimed at India. The India-China border tensions starting in May, and culminating in the June 15 clash in the Galwan Valley, sparked a …

Hackers May Try To Hijack Famous Indian Profiles, Here's What Maharashtra Cyber Advices You Do
4 years, 5 months ago

Hackers May Try To Hijack Famous Indian Profiles, Here's What Maharashtra Cyber Advices You Do

ABP News  

We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools. "It is possible that hackers could try to gain atoms to prominent Indian twitter profiles in a similar fashion," the statement read. The agency has expressed the possibility of such a coordinated …

Pakistan & China’s Espionage: Why Army Banned 89 Social Media Apps
4 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan & China’s Espionage: Why Army Banned 89 Social Media Apps

The Quint  

Sustained espionage and spying activity over cyber platforms led to the Indian Army’s decision to ban 89 social media apps this week, a senior officer of the Indian Army has confirmed to this journalist for The Quint. Spying is actively underway through social media,” senior officers of the Indian Army further revealed. The decision to ban several social media apps …

Documenatry: Pakistanis leave career for anti-India propaganda on Twitter
4 years, 5 months ago

Documenatry: Pakistanis leave career for anti-India propaganda on Twitter

Op India  

In a 25-minute-long documentary titled, “War, Lies, and hashtags: Pakistan’s Twitter Battles”, Al Jazeera documents the life of a Pakistani man, Farhan Virk, who has earned a name for himself in the Twitter community. Pakistani media reports ‘sarcasm’ as truth His wife, Iram, runs a group called “Team Green” and has about 100-150 active volunteers. During the dogfight that ensued …

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