IT Firms Misuse Social Media For Polls: Cobrapost
Bahal said Cobrapost associate editor Syed Masroor Hasan approached over two dozen IT companies asking them that his master (referred to as Netaji) wants to launch a campaign on social media before coming assembly elections and his rival's reputation has to be destroyed with negative publicity.
All the firms that Hasan visited offered to create a fan following (not necessarily genuine) on Facebook and Twitter, in lakhs to destroy the reputation of a political opponent of the politician, Hasan was supposedly representing, with negative publicity, Bahal claimed.
"Operation Blue Virus also reveals that the BJP is leading from the front in its social media campaign, if the claims of the companies exposed are to be believed. So is its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, with scores of companies working overtime for him," Cobrapost said in a release.
When asked about the reasons behind the name of only Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi figuring in conversations and not that of any other politician, Bahal said that his name cropped up in 5-6 of the total stings that were conducted.
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