Bihar Assembly Polls: CPI(M) Flags Concerns Over Funding, Social Media and EVMs to EC
4 years, 3 months ago

Bihar Assembly Polls: CPI(M) Flags Concerns Over Funding, Social Media and EVMs to EC

News 18  

The CPI on Friday raised concerns over funding and use of social media and electronic voting machines in the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar. The letter quoted the Election Commission’s affidavit in the Supreme Court where the poll body had stated that electoral bonds would signal serious repercussions on the transparency aspect of political funding of political parties. The letter said the BJP has kicked off a virtual election campaign by putting up 72,000 LED TV monitors for Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech ahead of the Bihar assembly polls. The report in The Wall Street Journal has opened the floodgate of more factual details about how Facebook and Twitter have been complicit in turning a blind eye to BJP’s divisive campaign on the strength of its substantial investment through Also raising concerns over the functioning of electronic voting machines, the CPI said, contrary to Supreme Court direction, the safeguard regime for eliminating the possibility of a foul play, the VVPAT has been used not for ensuring transparency but to introduce a new element of uncertainty.

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Social Media's Polarizing Impact on Politics: Negative Interactions Surge in Run-Up to Lok Sabha Polls
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Live Mint  

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Digital Revolution in Indian Politics: How BJP Harnessed Social Media
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Digital Revolution in Indian Politics: How BJP Harnessed Social Media

News 18  

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CPI-ML LS poll manifesto bats for electoral reforms, return to paper ballot
9 months ago

CPI-ML LS poll manifesto bats for electoral reforms, return to paper ballot

Hindustan Times  

The Communist Party of India Liberation batted for electoral reforms and a return to paper ballot from the use of electronic voting machines in its 15-point Lok Sabha poll manifesto, released on Monday. The manifesto, titled “End the disastrous, dictatorial Modi reign of corporate loot, communal hate and constitutional subversion”, also mentioned about scrapping the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register …

BJP banks on micro-influencers for its social media campaign
9 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP banks on micro-influencers for its social media campaign

The Hindu  

The BJP, known to be adept at using social media in its electoral campaigns, is looking to engage micro-influencers from within the party to help it expand its reach among Delhi voters ahead of the Lok Sabha poll. They usually have a social media following of 2,000-5,000,” said Rohit Upadhyay, Delhi BJP’s social media in-charge. Bid to reach all sections …

Poll body plans to revamp policy holding parties accountable for social media posts
1 year ago

Poll body plans to revamp policy holding parties accountable for social media posts

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi During this election season, the Election Commission of India sent a handful of notices to parties such as the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party for posts on social media that violated the model code of conduct. HT has learnt that the reason those notices weren’t acted upon is that ECI concluded there was a lacuna …

EC Warns against Social Media Misuse to Promote Caste, Communal Violence in Bihar Assembly Polls
4 years, 3 months ago

EC Warns against Social Media Misuse to Promote Caste, Communal Violence in Bihar Assembly Polls

News 18  

The Election Commission on Thursday warned of "stern action" on "proven reports" about misuse of social media to promote communal and caste violence during the Bihar assembly polls. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora asserted the poll panel was committed to ensuring free, fair, peaceful, transparent and safe polling in the elections, the first being held amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic. …

With #LaalSalaamComrade is the Left Front Finally Going Digital?
4 years, 6 months ago

With #LaalSalaamComrade is the Left Front Finally Going Digital?

The Quint  

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Social media was not a key player in influencing Lok Sabha poll outcome; BJP would have won despite online campaign, reveals CSDS report
5 years, 6 months ago

Social media was not a key player in influencing Lok Sabha poll outcome; BJP would have won despite online campaign, reveals CSDS report

Firstpost  

It also states that given that voters with high exposure account for only a tenth of the electorate — while those with no exposure make up 64 percent — the study highlights that the BJP would have won the general election even if social media was taken out of the equation. The Lokniti-CSDS survey titled ‘ Political Behaviour and Social …

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: With polls underway, WhatsApp and other social media apps being used in a far uglier manner
5 years, 8 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: With polls underway, WhatsApp and other social media apps being used in a far uglier manner

Firstpost  

A general election in India, the world’s most populous democracy, seems a theoretical impossibility. In India, the Bharatiya Janata Party ran a formidable social media campaign on Facebook and, to a lesser extent, Twitter. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s trained social media teams, and a veritable army of enthusiastic volunteers, ensured that the party’s online presence was much more active than …

India will not be cowed in internet consultations: Ravi Shankar Prasad
5 years, 10 months ago

India will not be cowed in internet consultations: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Live Mint  

Mumbai: India will hold wide consultations with internet companies before finalising rules to regulate content on social media but will not hold back from framing laws that safeguard national interest, the country’s technology minister said. India, one of the world’s biggest internet markets, in late December proposed rules that will compel platforms such as Facebook, its WhatsApp messenger service and …

BJP has lost the digital and social media edge, but it is not too late to recover
6 years ago

BJP has lost the digital and social media edge, but it is not too late to recover

Op India  

After the rout of BJP in the recently concluded assembly elections in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, a lot has been said about the loss. For instance, BJP started an online donation system on its website way back in 2010 making it one of the first political parties across the globe to have such a facility. The way we saw …

Fact Check: Did Congress, BJP violate law by campaigning on Twitter on polling day?
6 years, 1 month ago

Fact Check: Did Congress, BJP violate law by campaigning on Twitter on polling day?

India Today  

The Bharatiya Janata Party's IT cell head Amit Malviya leveled charges against the Congress party for campaigning during polling in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. Is the political campaigning on social media, on the day of poll, a violation of "Representation of People Act", as claimed by Malviya? India Today Fact Check found that as per Election Commission, these posts are …

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