@CNA_org

@CNA_org

Dr. Jonathan Schroden

@JJSchroden

HOT OFF THE PRESSES! My team @CNA_org just finished a pair of reports looking at the #psychology of #disinformation. We sought to answer two main Qs: 1) How does disinfo work on your brain? 2) What, if anything, can #DOD do about it? Summary findings in this THREAD. 1/n

@CNA_org

@CNA_org The first report answers the first question: How does #disinformation work on your brain?

You can find the full version of the report here: cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/… 2/n

@CNA_org

@CNA_org We identified four key psychological principles related to the absorption & spread of #disinformation: initial information processing; cognitive dissonance; the influence of groups, beliefs, & novelty; and the role of emotions & arousal. How do these work? 3/n

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Mobashra

@mobbiemobes

[Thread]
A review of #Islamophobia in 2020:

The #COVID19 pandemic exacerbated Islamophobia around the globe. From #India to the U.K., #Muslims were accused of spreading the virus & evading lockdown orders.

For #Muslims, the environment meant not only being disproportionately impacted by a deadly virus but also facing targeted discrimination from those in power:

foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/28/ind…

Islamophobia in #India in 2020:
Politicians & right-wing media continued to promote anti-Muslim rhetoric & tropes, while Indian Muslims & rights activists protested against discriminatory legislation (#CAA), which rendered Indian Muslims 2nd-class citizens.

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francesca recchia

@kiccovich

@project_polis

The global #COVID19 outbreak is much more than *just* a health emergency - over the past months at @project_polis we looked at the social, economic and political repercussion of the pandemic - Here's a thread with the pieces we published.

@project_polis

A military mindset : Sri Lanka’s response to the coronavirus pandemic by Thusiyan Nandakumar thepolisproject.com/militarization… | @project_polis #SriLanka #COVID19

@mannocchia

Musings On Vulnerability – A Conversation with Francesca Mannocchi @mannocchia thepolisproject.com/riflessioni-su… | @project_polis | #Podcast #Vulnerability

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Reuters Institute

@risj_oxford

@dorotheabyrne

📌 Here's a selection of great weekend reads on #journalism #misinformation and #COVIDー19. Feel free to add suggestions to the thread

1. From hard news to 'Gogglebox': why fun TV has been important during this crisis.
By our V. Fellow @dorotheabyrne
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/ha…

@ricallan

2. "Removing content by Donald Trump will always have to meet a very high bar. So if it’s a leader of a small, far off country, the decision is more likely to come down in favour of removing their content," says @ricallan in this enlightening interview
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/i-…

@rapplerdotcom

3. Here's how islamophobic disinformation and hate speech has swamped #socialmedia during pandemic. @rapplerdotcom and @CodaStory explain how islamophobic hashtags like #Coronajihad and #MuslimVirus reached 170 million Twitter users
rappler.com/technology/fea…

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Air Mshl GSChaudhry PVSM, AVSM,VSM

@ChaudhrGurnam

https://twitter.com/KarunaGopal1/status/1251044517370720256

1/15

I take this opportunity to share some thoughts on whether harmony between Muslims & Hindus is even possible.

History pre-independence:

1.Mughals invaded India not for establishing amity with Hindus but to loot, plunder, pillage, rape & kill Hindus mercilessly.

Cont'd

https://twitter.com/KarunaGopal1/status/1251044517370720256

2/15

2.The Mughal rule over centuries was witness to ruthless suppression of Hinduism. They tolerated pockets of Hindu rule only because they couldn't vanquish all the Hindu kingdoms.
3.During the British rule seemingly amicable co-existence with Hindus, in pockets...

Cont'd

3/15

...was not by choice but was out of necessity.
4. At the end of the British rule, Partition based on religion, was indeed an unequivocal statement by the Muslims that they did not want to co-exist with Hindus.
5. It is clearly documented that while Hindus....

Cont'd

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David Gilbert

@daithaigilbert

In #India, a hate speech campaign — boosted by Hindu nationalists aligned with #Modi and the #BJP — is claiming Muslims are spreading #coronavirus on purpose.

vice.com/en_us/article/…

The campaign, using hashtags like #coronajihad, #CrushTablighiSpitters, #MuslimMeaningTerrorist, and #BioJihad has been going on for weeks but activists say Facebook and Twitter are now doing enough to stop it

vice.com/en_us/article/…

@dalitdiva

“I really don't think that any of the platforms have an excuse because they've received reports of many of these individual pages & individual handles. The response has not been appropriate given the gravity & the danger of the speech.” — @dalitdiva

vice.com/en_us/article/…

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Allama 1ball

@Parikramah

@RealDonaldTrump

Thread to #ExposeEqualityLabs anti-Hindu #Islamofascist agenda.

@RealDonaldTrump @davidfrawleyved @Swamy39 @USCIRF @ishkarnBHANDARI
@DVATW @PMOIndia @imamofpeace
@RepJimBanks @altnews
@theyoungmonk @IndiaSpeaksPR @narendramodi @WHO @finkd @jack @Republic @Sunandavasisht

Timeline of Tablighi Jamaat event at Nizamuddin Markaz

indiatoday.in/india/story/ti…

#ExposeEqualityLabs

1/n Tablighi Jamaat, far from bng an innocuous socio-cultural org, as liberal media would like you to blv, is a radical Islamist hydra with multiple heads, has its tentacles spread worldwide, with corroborated connections to violence, vandalism, terrorists #ExposeEqualityLabs

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Nisheeth Sharan

@nisheethsharan

तब्लीघी जमात के मौलाना साद पर कसा शिकंजा...

दिल्ली पुलिस के बाद अब जांच एजेंसियों के राडार पर भी आया निज़ामुद्दीन मामले में तब्लीगी जमात का प्रमुख मौलाना साद। मौलाना साद से जुड़े तमाम इनपुट्स को खंगालने में जुटी इनकम टैक्स सहित कुछ और जांच एजेंसी
#TablighiJamat #CoronaJihad
1/n

इनकम टैक्स के सूत्रों के मुताबिक यूपी पुलिस प्रशासन को मिली जानकारी के मुताबिक शामली में है मौलाना साद का बेहद आलीशान फार्म हाउस सहित कई बड़ी और महंगी प्रोपेर्टी। कई आलीशान और मंहगी कारों का भी शौकीन है मौलाना साद।

#TablighiJamat #CoronaJihad
2/n

निज़ामुद्दीन स्थित मरकज़ में मैनेजिंग कमिटी में मौलाना साद के तीन बेटों की है बेहद महत्वपूर्ण पकड़। करोड़ों रूपये की आमदनी और खर्चे से जुड़ी जानकारियों को भी विस्तार से खंगालने में जुटी है जांच एजेंसी। कभी भी मौलाना साद की बढ़ सकती हैं मुश्किलें।

#TablighiJamat #CoronaJihad
3/n

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ಕೃಷಿಕ ಎವಿ/Krushika AV

@KrishKrushik

Decades ago when healthcare workers used to go to door to door to immunize people against #Smallpox people used to run away, attack healthcare workers, deny getting immunised
When immunisation started for children parents were scared&had lot of questions
Same repeated now! 1/n

People are scared, they lack information they are not educated
When people lack information and education they will be scared or suffering 4m phobia
When people have insecurities they will be dependent on faith/babas r false prestige r some community/leader to boost their ego 2/n

Attack on healthcare workers is certainly condemnable and no excuses should be given to the culprits. But it's important to understand why they might have behaved like that.
Muslims are stereotyped, stigmatized now #CoronaOutbreak also used against them
3/n

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RadhakrishnanRK

@RKRadhakrishn

#coronaupdatesindia short #, Thread
Reasons are being manufactured for any future in #India - collapse of #economy or #Covid19 spread:
1) It's #CoronaJihad, #Hindi news #channels have it. I'm getting same from #malayalam forwards too. No marks for guessing who's working on this

@PIBFactCheck

2) Supreme Court has passed some orders on how news should be carried (official version etc). Now, @PIBFactCheck has been added. Knowing what @PIB_India has been doing since time immemorial, it does not need an Einstein to figure out what this means for #media in #India

@narendramodi

3) Advanced nations have not been able to tackle: @narendramodi himself spoke about this in #Lockdown announcement telecast. Easily refutable. Countries, whose leaders were in denial, got screwed. Others didn't. Look at how admirable Korea handled it even with lack of information

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Kashif Ahmed Faraz

@kkkash_if

Once Mussolini said, "We've created our myth. This myth is a faith, a passion. It isn't necessary for it be a reality. Our myth is the nation & the greatness of the nation! And to this myth, which we want to translate into a total reality, we subordinate everything.
#Thread
(1/n)

Following the Mussolini's philosophy Media created myth abt #COVID19Pandemic, earlier media called it #ChineseVirus which caused discrimination agnst NE-Indian, they're not allowd to enter in grocery stores, forced to vacate their rented house & were called #CoronaVirus.
(1/2)

Adhering "Our myth is the greatness of nation", Indian Media ran propaganda against #TabligeeiJamaat and repeatedly held them responsible for spreading pandemic and termed it #CoronaJihad.
(1/3)

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Kirti Deolekar

@kirti_sd

Italy, UK, Spain, France took part in poignant clapping tributes. They went to their doorsteps & windows outpouring gratitude. Healthcare workers were applauded worldwide.
As millions of people were in voluntary isolation or lockdown, the clapping was a sign of raised spirits/1

On the other hand, Brazil erupted to the sound of banging pots and pans and shouts of "Bolsonaro out!" with housebound protesters expressing their anger toward the President. This was their way of un-bottling their pent-up frustration./2

In India, after indulging in all important events of kemcho Trump, Delhi riots, MP Govt toppling, (I might have missed out a few) Modi gave a 29 minute speech on #coronaviruspandemic urging people to express gratitude thru #ThaliBajao. Gratitude to whom??? Noone asked/3

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Abhijit Majumder

@abhijitmajumder

Chronology samajhiye.
From the time #COVID19 broke out, one wondered how would the world's sickest, most violent and regressive minds not use a highly contagious pandemic to wage #CoronaJihad on kafirs.
* Soon, videos like this one started emerging.
[Contd]

* Then came a spate of TikTok videos urging co-religionists to throw away #coronavirus masks, rely on skullcaps.
* The vids seemed smoothly coordinated, came by dozens. We laughed them off as #COVIDIOTS.
* There were also videos urging to defy Modi's call for social distancing.

* Bihar police find Uighur Muslims and other foreigners hiding there. Arrests made.
* Delhi govt bans mass assembly, India on alert at airports etc, but Tablighi Jamaat, a conversion org, holds #Nizammudin with 100s of foreigners.
* Infy guy urges open spitting to spread #COVID.

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LambodarPrasadDash

@LambodarPrDash

From #Malaysia to #Indonesia, #Pakistan & #India Everywhere #TablighiJamaat worked as #COVID #ChineseVirus Spreader. Malaysia & Indonesia just banned the congregation & dispersed them out. But In #India Govt tried to remain politically correct and succumbed to #कोरोना_जिहाद