Copy-paste tweets ‘used to mfg opinion’ during march
New Delhi:29.01.2021
At least a dozen profiles posing as journalists posted the exact message, word for word, on Twitter on Tuesday, claiming that they had been harassed and abused during the farmers’ tractor march on Republic Day. This copypaste technique, experts say, is commonly used to create a false narrative and manufacture opinions.
“I saw the violence by these so-called farmers while reporting today. I have never seen this in my journalism career. Farmers tried to attack me with a tractor and a sword. Obscene acts and abuses were made. My mic was snatched and almost destroyed. Is this a farmer organization or some other organization?” the tweet read in Hindi. It was shared by several handles.
TOI has screenshots of these accounts and shared them with Twitter. Twitter also did not respond to TOI’s questionnaire. TNN
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