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> The Indian government over the last 7 years have steadily weaponized social media to dehumanize opponents and carve away rights from a very large section of t
by kumarvvr 5y ago
> The Indian government over the last 7 years have steadily weaponized social media to dehumanize opponents and carve away rights from a very large section of the dissidents.
Would love to see examples. Really curious. Eager to learn.
> This call for war against misinformation that you point to seems to be always targeted towards the government's opposition most times
In general, the media is very friendly to the current opposition, the Congress party. The opposition has lots of connections in established media and some of them are akin to the Fox channels in the US.
Here also, I would love to see specific examples.
- srean 5y ago> Would love to see examples. Really curious. You are either posing this in deliberate bad faith or you live under a rock. WhatsApp is flooded with antimuslim fake videos, lynching, burning, killing of purportedly Hindu people by Muslims. Many of these have been traced to BJP's IT cell. In fact the IT cell head himself tweeted the identity of the gangrape victim of Hathras although that is a crime to do so according to criminal law. So it is quite clear where the government's interest lies -- not in stopping government sponsored hate speech and fakenews but as an instrument to suppress criticism. Given your stance I am beginning to suspect you may be one of those paid shills yourself.