360/OPEN SUMMIT: THE WORLD IN MOTION - INDIA AT A CROSSROAD: SOCIAL MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY - A rapid uptick in usage of major social media platforms by locals has seen India emerge as one of the largest user bases of online denizens in recent years. The same period has also seen the emergence of a diverse range of malicious actors seeking to leverage the popularity of social media among locals as a means of achieving their personal, commercial, and political goals. The DFRLab unmasks one such unscrupulous private actor, Press Monitor International, a Toronto-based PR firm that built websites impersonating domestic news outlets that engaged in fact-checking to disseminate and promote pro-government narratives online.
ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 06/23/2021
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