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Summary: Social media and messaging platforms are de facto regulators of online speech and therefore key decisionmakers in combating online influence operations. In recent years, major platforms have begun maintaining public âcommunity standardsââwritten policies on a wide range of problematic activity like hate speech, violence, and influence operations.
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Introduction
Social media and messaging platforms are de facto regulators of online speech and therefore key decisionmakers in combating online influence operations. While many nations have laws regulating internet content, platforms have substantial autonomy and responsibility to draw their own lines between acceptable and unacceptable content. In recent years, major platforms have begun maintaining public “community standards” written policies on a wide range of pr
The issue of Indian Chronicles alive, kicking
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February 1, 2021
The Indian Chronicles case was revealed by a team comprising Gary Machado, Alexandre Alaphilippe, and Roman Adamczyk in late 2019. According to them, the EU DisinfoLab uncovered a massive operation targeting international institutions and serving Indian interests.
They found the network active in Brussels and Geneva, “producing and amplifying content to undermine – primarily – Pakistan.” They said the Indian Chronicles resurrected dead media, dead think-tanks and NGOs. It even resurrected dead people.
In a nutshell, the investigators described the Indian Chronicles as a 15-year-long operation running since 2005 with 10 plus UN Human Rights Council accredited NGOs, mostly resurrected; Prof. Louis B. Sohn, a prominent figure in human rights, deceased in 2006, resurrected; several identity thefts, including the name of Martin Schulz, former president of the European Parliament or the photo of James Pu