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Network Contagion Research Institute
Network Contagion Research Institute
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Network Contagion Research Institute
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NCRI is a neutral and independent organization whose mission is to identify and forecast cyber-social threats and report on them in a timely fashion.
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Evidence suggests that bad actors are trying to test the limits on. Several posts on 4chan encourage users to amplify derogatory slurs. For example, over the last 12 hours, the use of the n-word has increased nearly 500% from the previous average.
NCRI’s latest paper on “Anti-Hindu Disinformation: A Case Study of Hinduphobia on Social Media.” was released today on KQED/NPR Rutgers Press Release: tinyurl.com/mr2m979b KQED report: tinyurl.com/mwaknfs7 A 
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TikTok's Global Platform Anomalies Align with the Chinese Communist Party's Geostrategic Objectives In collaboration +, our report takes a data-driven approach: Does TikTok promote or demote content on the basis of CCP interests? Short answer: It certainly seems so
THREAD: NCRI is finding evidence of planning behind the recent storming of the Capitol Building. Evidence includes this image, found on Facebook in groups with over 150k followers, the Trump Train in late Dec. Posts were also detected on Twitter and 8chan.
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“Hinduphobic tropes — such as the portrayal of Hindus as fundamentally heretical evil, dirty, tyrannical, genocidal, irredeemable or disloyal— are prominent across the ideological spectrum and are being deployed by fringe web communities and state actors alike.”
NCRI’s new report “Cyber Social Swarming Precedes Real World Riots in Leicester: How Social Media Became a Weapon for Violence” on our findings: networkcontagion.us/reports/11-16-
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Below are memes associated with pajeet found on Twitter, openly calling to violently kill Hindus. Extremists use memes to suggest a repeat of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Nazi style executions & co-opt the murder of George Floyd to suggest the same should be done to Hindus.
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Anti-Hindu Disinformation is masked through the use of ethnic pejoratives, slurs and coded language. Here's an example of a meme associated with Hindus titled “Poo in the Loo” using the antisemitic Happy Merchant Meme. This shows how ethnic hates share effective memetic material
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White Supremacist & Islamist communities refer to Indians as “pajeets” on fringe web platforms (4chan, gab). This is rapidly growing on mainstream communities too, including
The latestreport featured bysheds light on “Inauthentic, cyber activity from Khalistani extremist accounts precedes and amplifies attacks on Hindu temples and Indian government buildings” on our findings + link to full report
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Joseph Menn
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Sikh separatists are using automated Twitter accounts to foment protests and sometimes encourage violence. Just out from me @washingtonpost. washingtonpost.com/technology/202
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Our qualitative analysis suggests that pajeet is used in reference to Hindus & Indians interchangeably, with majority of derogatory characterizations targeted towards Hindus. Distinctly Hindu symbols are used in memes referencing pajeet, and not other Indian religions.
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Using Word2Vec, a Natural Language Processing Algorithm, we find the word associations with “pajeet” are derogatory characterizations.
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The Chabad Synagogue shooter in 2019, had referenced “pajeets” in the manifesto. It has also been used in white nationalist podcasts about murderous fantasies about Indians
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In addition to extremist groups and fringe web communities, state actors also deploy anti-Hindu tropes as part of information operations for geopolitical influence. We uncovered an influence operation by state sponsored Iranian trolls who pretended to be Pakistani users.
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We call on platforms to recognize the growing ethnic disinformation and the harmful impacts this can have on Hindu communities. This is essential for better detection.
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During the March 2017 Bhopal–Ujjain Passenger train bombing by ISIS, Iranian trolls, pretending to be Pakistani, attempted a disinformation campaign to suggest that the attack was done by “Hindu Extremists,” and attempted to get it trending.
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The NCRI is calling for the creation of an independent public trust to defend democracy from extremism and conspiracy theories. This is a contagion and we need new thinking and solutions for information sharing and transparency to combat a growing epidemic of disinformation.
The NCRI is monitoring a prolific surge in anti-Jewish rhetoric on. Terms associated with Jew are being tweeted over 5k times per hour. The most engaged tweets are overtly antisemitic. This is of concern. Online hate is an upstream predictor of real-world violence.
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special thanks to authorsand John Farmer as well asandfor their editorial input
Thanksfor featuring NCRI's research on #hinduphobia within a full length radio documentary on the BBC today. Our analysis shows Hinduphobia is growing rapidly, and education/awareness are crucial to combat it.
NCRI research on DoED disclosures on reported foreign funding showed that 2.2 $Billion in reported Qatari funds disappeared with no explanation from the schools below. Without greater transparency, Universities will become a key national security risk for information warfare.
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It’s like we have all feared… A new report from @ncri_io shows that the Wahhabi state of Qatar has been pumping billions of dollars into American universities. The reports shows it has become much more difficult to track the money in recent years. Full report in the comments
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The rate of growth of Kanye’s follower count nearly doubled after DEFCON tweet Toxic () tweets mentioning ‘Jew’ tripled since NCRI analysis Kanye, Kyrie and Contamination - Jewish Hatred Superspreader Event on Social Media. In partnership w/
NCRI analysis Kanye, Kyrie and Contamination - Jewish Hatred Superspreader Event on Social Media. In partnership w/
NCRI's research, featured in the, exposes Khalistani bot networks engaging in coordinated inauthentic activity to promote violence and vandalism, underlining real-world safety concerns. Read's article here:
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Using ConfliBERT and HateBERT, we found numerous calls for violence, with roughly 70% of these calls targeting Hindus and 30% targeting Muslims
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NCRI has previously warned about the militarization of QAnon in April of 2020 showing increases in their adoption of terms such QArmy and military paraphernalia, much of which was on display in DC.
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Malicious Narratives around “Hindutva Dominance” Underscored Cyber Swarming activity - recruit followers from the virtual world to mobilize into real world protests and violence in Leicester.
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NCRI developed a timeline describing notable events and malicious narratives. Malicious online narratives, many since deleted, played an essential role in instigating attacks in Leicester.
