THREAD : Meta allowed the ruling party BJP's proxy page on Facebook and Instagram to run political ads that target political opponents by glorifying murder. There are several instances where Meta has failed to enforce its policies. (1/n) Meta Ad Library data shows that the BJP has spent more on political ads than any other party. The BJP runs several controversial proxy pages with divisive ads targeting opposition parties and often promoting controversial narratives. +

STF has arrested two accused Tahar Singh and Om Prakash Mishra from Lucknow in connection with the threat to bomb CM Yogi Adityanath and Ayodhya's Ram Mandir. They had used fake email IDs in the name of Alam Ansari Khan and Zubair Khan to send threats.

The mastermind of this case, Devendra Tiwari is absconding. To come into limelight, Devendra Tiwari asked Tahar Singh to create a fake email ID and he provided that email and password to Om Prakash Mishra to send threats.

THREAD : Investigating some serious violations of Election Commission norms in Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022. The investigation focuses on a now-deleted facebook page 'Narendra Bhupendra - નરેન્દ્ર ભૂપેન્દ્ર', named after PM Narendra Modi & Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel. [+] In this report, I will first show the violation of Election Commission's expenditure limit with reference to Supreme Court's Kanwar Lal Gupta Vs. Amarnath Chawla judgement, and Silence Period violation. After this, I will investigate the connection between this page and BJP. +

THREAD : Today is Karnataka assembly elections, but BJP is violating the model code during the 'SILENCE PERIOD' by running political advertisement on Facebook and Instagram. And election commision is acting as a mute spectator. Stay with me. (1/n) Here is a proxy Facebook page of the BJP named 'Nam Namo - ನಮ್ ನಮೋ' which is running 64 political ads on Facebook and Instagram on the poll day.

THREAD : Investigating the ruling party BJP's propaganda factory. A network of 23 websites hosted on same IP Address & linked facebook pages working as pseudo-entities pushing propaganda Ads by spending crores of money on Facebook, attacking non-BJP parties & leaders. + Alt News got an intel which informed us that few websites are identical in appearance and have same IP address. The Facebook pages linked to these websites are running BJP's propaganda and spending huge amount of money on Facebook ads. +

🧵 Thread on Supreme Court's Justice Hemant Gupta who upheld the Karnataka HC order of #hijab ban in educational institutions.

The CJAR had in 2017 accused Justice Hemant Gupta of having the backing of the ruling government as he “comes from an influential RSS background”. (1/n) Justice Gupta was also accused of money laundering, acquiring assets through illegal means, possessing disproportionate assets, and seeking to influence the ED officer who was investigating these charges. (2/n)

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Here is how India's mainstream media and their star anchors @ShivAroor @chitraaum @sudhirchaudhary @RajatSharmaLive spread false information on the national TV and run propaganda of the ruling party BJP. (1/n) On 2 september, Indian Navy introduced new ensign inspired by chhatrapati shivaji's royal seal. And removed St. George's Cross from its flag. PM Modi unveiled this new ensign and said that India has shed traces of colonial past.

Zee Hindustan shared a video of women being grabbed by hair, dragged and beaten by sticks with a communal angle, claiming that the video is of a Hindu woman in Pakistan. But this is not the truth. How did we reach out to the victim and debunk the misinformation. Thread (1/n) I did a keyword search and found an article from the Pakistani news portal Geo News. The article states that it is a case of land dispute in Sialkot. Police have registered a case against 15 and arrested 9 accused including 4 women. The article also includes a video report. (2/n)