Internet Control

The report revealed how Meta, the most popular social media platform was used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a major contestant in the upcoming elections, to push “a network of shadow accounts to post ‘communally divisive content and attack ads’ spending lakhs of rupees. This is in complete violation of ‘electoral law and Meta’s own policies on political advertising’ stated the report. These ads demonized Hemant Soren, the report said. The report records  creation of 87 such shadow pages on Meta that had a spiraling circulation.