Right-wing disinformation networks in India are using events in Indonesia to revive fake news and hate speech campaigns targeting the Muslim minority group.
Pro-Israel content – including disinformation – is being widely shared on social media by Indian nationals, more significantly by right-wing Hindu nationalists.
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Islamabad
February 24, 2021
Islamabad: India has a clear Pakistan policy, in which disinformation and destabilisation are key components, while Pakistan needs clarity in its India policy to respond effectively, said Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman of Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, says a press release.
He made these remarks at a conference on ‘Disinformation as a Tool of Strategic Warfare’ organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS).
Senator Mushahid Hussain chaired the panel on ‘India’s Disinformation Campaign against Pakistan and its Impact.’ He referred to American scholar Dr Noam Chomsky’s landmark study on propaganda, ‘Manufacturing Consent’, where he talks of a nexus between media ownership, advertisers and media elites, which act in concert to demonise the ‘enemy.’ Senator Mushahid Hussain said that the Indian approach to disinformation is an example of this model, referring also to the tapes of Indian journalist Arnab Goswami and
Disinformation and destabilisation part of Indian policy against Pakistan, says Senator
Mushahid Hussain Syed addresses a conference titled Disinformation as a Tool of Strategic Warfare organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) in Islamabad on February 23, 2021. PHOTO: EXPRESS/Rizwan Shehzad
ISLAMABAD:
Chairman of Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that India has a clear policy against Pakistan, in which disinformation and destabilisation are key components and the country needs to establish a joint cyber inter-services command to counter New Delhi s hybrid tactics.
Addressing a seminar titled Disinformation as a Tool of Strategic Warfare organised by the Institute of Regional Studies in Islamabad, Sayed stressed the need for clarity regarding the said policy to respond effectively.