Political campaigning in India is on the rise as the West Bengali elections near, and so are the mass information campaigns to promote agendas, discredit opposition, and skew narratives. All of this activity has the overarching goal to win the hearts and minds of voters and discredit the opposition through social media manipulation. This case… Continue reading
A Pro-BJP and Pro-Modi network of Twitter accounts are attempting to influence the narrative of politically sensitive topics in India with newly created accounts posting the same text and amplifying specific hashtags. The content amplified is supportive of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by India Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The influence operation attempts to… Continue reading
This ‘how-to’ report is to assist those conducting research on information operations or performing a network analysis on Twitter. It may also be useful to those seeking to hunt bots, track automation, capture breaking events or learn how to scrape data. Because many have asked about this from varying pockets of the world, I have… Continue reading