Another #IndiavsPakistan high voltage clash in #AsiaCup2022 & another orchestrated disinformation from across the border!
Several Indian players targeted, but #ArshdeepSingh was specifically picked to render the #Khalistani agenda to gaslight the Indians.
Chronology:
To the world it was made to look that Indian accounts pushed the narrative but in reality, conspiracy was cultivated by Pakistan’s Zaid Hamid and fact Checker @zoo_bear that pushed the narrative.
(2/12)
To understand how this disinformation propaganda unfolded, we pulled two sets of tweets on keywords #indvspak#pakvsind#asiacup and ‘arshdeep’ & ‘Khalistan’; all used during the game, right from the 1st ball till the Pakistan's winning moment.
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A total of 117,200 tweets were done on #indvspak#pakvsind#asiacup out of which merely 35 tweets were in context of #Khalistan. It represents only 0.06% of the total tweets.
Even in these 35 tweets, 1st tweet comes from a Pakistani account at 11:06 PM (IST).
(4/12)
We also analyzed tweets with keywords ‘arshdeep’ &
‘Khalistan’ in which only 75 tweets were made from 74 handles during the match. Of all the accounts, 37 had location of #Pakistan origin.
(5/12)
It was not possible for those 75 accounts to push the propaganda which were in fragments. So, after the game, Zaid Hamid encashed the opportunity & propelled the propaganda at 11:28 PM IST.
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But the real communal color was given by Mohammad #Zubair who took resort to dummy, fake and Pakistani accounts which were amplified and the audience further jumped into it.
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They say old habits die hard and so was the case during the time of Mohammad #Shami when ‘fact-checker’ Zoo bear came later on and pushed the agenda, terming Shami as a Pakistani. The same toolkit was put to use even yesterday.
(8/12)
Even the Wikipedia page of #Arshdeep was edited with the intention to label him as Khalistani, all done from Pakistan...
Fuelling of such propaganda isn't possible without intended/unintended assistance of Indians.
Several prominent Indian handles helped fuelling the fire. Some of them included @sanket, @chitnispurva, @lambaalka, @_sayema... without even fact checking those claims.
(11/12)
It was a toolkit 2.0 replicating the similar Md. Shami's incident during last year's #indvspak game.
Pak propaganda picked by some 'purported' fact checkers & amplified by the useful idiots/ wilful collaborators who help in the success of such disinformation propaganda.
"Independent investigative" journalist Saurav Das recently dropped a hit piece against the former honorable CJI DY Chandrachud via Caravan. Funny how he never mentions his "independent" journalism is bankrolled by known propagandists like Dinesh Thakur.
Let's dive in!🧵
Meet the new bloke in town– Saurav Das
Off late he has become a darling of propaganda portals, this self-proclaimed "independent investigative" (read 𝘥𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘪) journalist uses the independence tag as window dressing for his CV
But actions speak louder than Twitter bios
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Despite the "independent" badge he wears proudly Das' career is built on questionable & paid propaganda pieces
Case in point: his work for The Thakur Family Foundation(TFF), a grant-making front of Dinesh Thakur, known for targeting Indian pharma industry with deep pockets
Farce factory @USCIRF has come up with another dog & pony show- country update report on India
While it is laced with usual anti-India tropes #CAA & #Islamophobia, important to note is person drafting it
Meet Sema G Hasan & USCIRF’s Pakistani pool of “experts” on India
Thread:
The report is curated by Sema Gabriela Hasan, a Pakistani-American appointed as South Asia Policy Analyst first in 2023, then promoted to senior analyst in 2024. Before this, she served as an intern at South and Central Asia Bureau, Office of Pakistan Affairs, US State Dpt
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She has been closely linked to the US State Department, having previously served as a Congressional Staffer at the Joint Economic Committee as a Democratic Representative in 2019.
@AITCofficial MP @sagarikaghose referencing an anti-India #Propaganda front in the Parliament which fabricates ‘minority atrocity, has clear Paki footprints, is blocked in India, and keeps changing the front name when exposed – not once, twice, but thrice.
Small thread:
If she is ignorant about the front (despite being a journalist) then she is unfit to be an MP, and if she knows what she is doing then she is practically colluding with enemies against Indian interests.
This so-called ‘India Hate Lab’ (IHL) was earlier called the Hindutva Watch. Its website and backend tech support were being run from Pakistan. When exposed, it changed its brand to IHL.
There are some in India, still confused about the former US President #DonaldTrump’s conviction – whether it is politically motivated or the rule of law, is taking its course.
A brief explainer on the case and why it matters to us in India.
A Thread:
The case:
It’s a bit complicated. It has been made complicated deliberately. Many (including journalists) cannot explain what the allegations are. Most think it’s the ‘hush money’ Trump paid to former porn star #StormyDaniel
It’s not.
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The charges leveled are ‘falsifying business records’
Trump paid his lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay Stormy to STFU. The payment to Cohen was given as ‘salary’ on which Cohen even paid taxes.
This is the ‘mislabeling’ of expenses for which Trump has been convicted. Really?
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There are some in India still confused if Donald Trump’s conviction is political vendetta or rule of law. We do a brief explainer on the present case and other cases brought against #Trump and why it matters to us, in India.
A Thread:
Few Facts:
It is FIRST time in US history that a ‘Federal Election Law’ has been used as a direct state crime.
The definition of crime was CHANGED for the case
It is FIRST time in New York that some is changed for ‘falsifying business ‘record’ as felony (serious crime)
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More facts
Earlier a NEW LAW was introduced to extend time on case against Trump by #Stormy
Prosecutor is #Soros baby & a political (#Democrat)
Even before joining office he declared to prosecute Trump!
He reduced crimes to minor offences(like our #Pune judge) in 60% cases
Pak/Jamaat-backed anti-India propagandist Raqib Naik filed case in Delhi HC to unban Hindutva Watch & India Hate Lab. He's being aided by Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) whose lawyers tell story of anti-India collusion via #Thakur #Soros
First proof of his Pak/JeI collusion
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Exhibit A
Hindutva Watch (HW) website was exposed for having backend assistance from Pak. An ‘interactive map’ of alleged human rights abuses in India on HW’s website, was developed & provided by Pak national Sardar Adil Kayani, who runs Pak's ruling PML-N party propaganda
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Exhibit B
In 2021, Raqib received an award from Sound Vision Foundation USA (SVF), a US-based Jamaat front with ISI backing, led by ex-Jamaat Youth Wing head Abdul Malik Mujahid (@MalikMujahid), who supported and glorified terrorism against India.