Aveek Sen Ballalzai Profile picture
Computational journalist using ML, #NLProc for disinformation research @hateSWATteam Past: Af-Pak, Iran, Cyber Electronics grad.

Aug 2, 2021, 9 tweets

BJP trolls are mass reporting accounts & hashtags of activists.

@TwitterIndia algorithm doesn't understand Malayalam, Tamil & mass reporting seems to trigger suspension automatically.

Probably why huge volume # of Mizos protesting Assam blockade didn't trend?

@TwitterSafety

Saw same happen on people tweeting on Lakshadweep. Accounts were suspended as BJP trolls mass reported accounts with open threats

Isn't this muzzling of free speech through different means? @apar1984

BJP IT cell is mass reporting hashtags this way??

BJP IT cell directing troll armies to report me. Report this tweet for targeted harassment.

Steps in pics attached:
1. Abusive/harmful
2. Targeted harassment
3. Someone else

BJP IT cell directing troll armies to report me. Report this tweet for targeted harassment.

Steps in pics attached:
1. Abusive/harmful
2. Targeted harassment
3. Someone else

Added step in this tweet

The BJP troll @Arakkal_unnii targeting me by mass reporting is followed by BJP UP MLA @Bambalal_BJP,BJP National Executive Member @SobhaBJP,official @KeralaABVP,BJP National Vice President @a_abdullakutty,@msunilbishnoi,@AgentSaffron

Complete list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

One BJP troll suspended

Account of BJP troll @Piyu_Nair locked by Twitter

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