iirc BJP (Modi's political party) was also a big client of Cambridge Analytica and various whatsapp based troll farms. I remember rumors from around the time of the last American election that some of Modi's tech advisors were helping the Trump campaign on how to use whatsapp groups, but I'm not sure if that's true.
It seems that connecting a billion more people to the internet in the past few years has accelerated the rise of ultra-nationalism via memes and fake news.
https://qz.com/india/1534754/modis-namo-app-spreads-pro-bjp-...
iirc BJP (Modi's political party) was also a big client of Cambridge Analytica and various whatsapp based troll farms. I remember rumors from around the time of the last American election that some of Modi's tech advisors were helping the Trump campaign on how to use whatsapp groups, but I'm not sure if that's true.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-presidential...
It seems that connecting a billion more people to the internet in the past few years has accelerated the rise of ultra-nationalism via memes and fake news.