Congress Demands Probe into Use of 'Aims' -- A Tool to Influence Polls from Israel

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Feb 20, 2023, 5:03:09 AM2/20/23
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III. <<A day after an investigative report released by a consortium of international journalists claimed a team of Israeli contractors had interfered with more than 30 elections around the world, including India, by using means such as hacking, sabotage, and automated disinformation online, the Congress on Thursday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government demanding a probe into it.
The consortium including reporters from 30 global media outlets like ‘The Guardian’ in the UK, on Wednesday, claimed that a so-called “Team Jorge” led by Tal Hanan, a 50-year-old former Israeli special forces operative who works privately using the pseudonym “Jorge”, was behind “fake social media campaigns” in countries such as the UK, US, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, Senegal, India, and the United Arab Emirates”.
In a press conference in New Delhi, the Congress accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government of joining hands with the Israeli “Team Jorge” and said it directly impacts the election process in the country.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the Israeli team is responsible to have spread fake news and disinformation on widely used platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Gmail and alleged the BJP’s IT cell has mirrored the modus operandi of “Jorge Team.”
“This impacts India’s electorate process directly and there should be a probe,” Shrinate said.>>




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