These are tough and trying times on Indian Social Media, honestly, for both those in and against the Hindu-Fascist Indian Government. While the momentum against the Government has been building up to what is now a deafening crescendo on the one hand, thereby pressuring the ranks of Hindu Terrorist sympathisers, the clampdown by social media giants like Facebook and Twitter on behalf of the Govts Hindu Terrorist sympathisers have been getting more aggressive.
There were warning signs of these pretty early on as reported in this article by the Liberal online daily, Scroll.in
Is Facebook really blocking criticism of the Indian government, BJP and Hindutva groups?
Of course, in typical non-committal Liberal style, Scroll decided to keep the reporting on this issue at a super-high level and not delve any deeper into the issue. Kudos however for at least calling it out.
But these articles aside, the actual scale of Govt and Govt supporter intervention inside Facebook and Twitter is nothing short of macabre.
Personally, I have been a victim of social media hit squads of the Govt on Twitter more times than i can count and a simple google search of "Comrade Nambiar' will reveal how many times i have come on and off Twitter after suspensions. These suspensions are of course the work of a group of Devotees of the Govt who seem to have gained access to the moderator groups of Twitter and Facebook. Things came to a suspicious head last month when my Twitter account and Facebook page DasBolshevik were suspended on the same day! There is no way that something like that could have happened without a coordinated effort. Perhaps what is even more hilarious is that Twitter and Facebook dont even respond to appeals against suspensions any more. It is just what the India moderation team decides that goes for Truth. As of now, my Facebook account and page has been suspended claiming that my account is a "Spam" account. This apparently because of sharing Anti-Govt posts, which, pardon my lack of humility, have been going quite viral. How a post that garners comments, likes, replies from me to those comments, and that is passed my the mods on specific pages counts as Spam is the most "Hindu-level" of logic i have seen yet.
What is curious is the pro-Govt bias within Facebook and Twitter is not happening as a Policy of the respective companies but is happening due to looking away at the silent infiltration of the moderator groups within. This is another level of dangerous!
The challenge here remains how to get back or get some kind of proxy access into the belly of the beast again. But all this comes at a huge price in terms of Govt Hindu Terrorist supporters doing their very best to track me down.
While it is absolutely flattering that a Communist voice has become such an irritant for the Govt in power, it is also quite a pain to have to keep recreating the accounts and losing time during these days leading to the buildup of the elections.
However, time will tell. My only advice to India now is... This is going to get worse and more malicious!
There were warning signs of these pretty early on as reported in this article by the Liberal online daily, Scroll.in
Is Facebook really blocking criticism of the Indian government, BJP and Hindutva groups?
Of course, in typical non-committal Liberal style, Scroll decided to keep the reporting on this issue at a super-high level and not delve any deeper into the issue. Kudos however for at least calling it out.
But these articles aside, the actual scale of Govt and Govt supporter intervention inside Facebook and Twitter is nothing short of macabre.
Personally, I have been a victim of social media hit squads of the Govt on Twitter more times than i can count and a simple google search of "Comrade Nambiar' will reveal how many times i have come on and off Twitter after suspensions. These suspensions are of course the work of a group of Devotees of the Govt who seem to have gained access to the moderator groups of Twitter and Facebook. Things came to a suspicious head last month when my Twitter account and Facebook page DasBolshevik were suspended on the same day! There is no way that something like that could have happened without a coordinated effort. Perhaps what is even more hilarious is that Twitter and Facebook dont even respond to appeals against suspensions any more. It is just what the India moderation team decides that goes for Truth. As of now, my Facebook account and page has been suspended claiming that my account is a "Spam" account. This apparently because of sharing Anti-Govt posts, which, pardon my lack of humility, have been going quite viral. How a post that garners comments, likes, replies from me to those comments, and that is passed my the mods on specific pages counts as Spam is the most "Hindu-level" of logic i have seen yet.
What is curious is the pro-Govt bias within Facebook and Twitter is not happening as a Policy of the respective companies but is happening due to looking away at the silent infiltration of the moderator groups within. This is another level of dangerous!
The challenge here remains how to get back or get some kind of proxy access into the belly of the beast again. But all this comes at a huge price in terms of Govt Hindu Terrorist supporters doing their very best to track me down.
While it is absolutely flattering that a Communist voice has become such an irritant for the Govt in power, it is also quite a pain to have to keep recreating the accounts and losing time during these days leading to the buildup of the elections.
However, time will tell. My only advice to India now is... This is going to get worse and more malicious!
