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An influence operation was waged online yesterday to amplify pro-BJP text in the #AmitShahInBengal tag, attack opposition, and win over Indian voters. Full report: benjaminstrick.com/inside-an-infl…
This forensic thread details 🧵👇
- HOW it was done
- HOW it spread
- WHO runs them
This forensic thread details 🧵👇
- HOW it was done
- HOW it spread
- WHO runs them
1. HOW WAS THIS OPERATION CARRIED OUT?
Yesterday morning I came across these tweets, and was sent these WhatsApp messages from contacts in India.
What are they? They're links to a Google Drive, containing suggested tweets and graphics to use. Let's have a closer peek.
Yesterday morning I came across these tweets, and was sent these WhatsApp messages from contacts in India.
What are they? They're links to a Google Drive, containing suggested tweets and graphics to use. Let's have a closer peek.
Here is the Google Drive with a Google Document containing text packets of suggested tweets, and a folder with images for the network to pump out through Twitter.
A copypasta campaign in India is targeting politically-sensitive tags #TMCHataoBanglaBachao & #KrishokSurokhaAbhijan on Twitter. I captured data over the past week for analysis.
Report: benjaminstrick.com/twitter-analys… CC @TwitterSafety
Here's some findings in this #OSINT thread 🧵👇
Report: benjaminstrick.com/twitter-analys… CC @TwitterSafety
Here's some findings in this #OSINT thread 🧵👇
It's clear there is coordinated activity here. Scores of pro-BJP/Pro-Modi accounts operate in a network to spam packets of text (copypasta method)
Example: the tag #TMCHataoBanglaBachao with the text “Bengal has been suffering from last 10 years. The TMC regime has built..."
Example: the tag #TMCHataoBanglaBachao with the text “Bengal has been suffering from last 10 years. The TMC regime has built..."
And another related campaign, using the tag #KrishokSurokhaAbhijan with the text: "নতুন কৃষি আইনের দ্বারা কৃষিজ পণ্য বিক্রি করা হবে আরও সহজ। বিজেপি সরকার আনছে কৃষক সুরক্ষা অভিযান।"
