After the leftist propaganda portal The Twine was once compelled to take down their Meta studies with their false declare that BJP leaders have limitless powers to govern content material on Instagram, they had been additionally compelled to withdraw their previous pretend tales concerning the fictitious app Tek Fog, written by means of the similar ‘tech skilled’. The Twine in its studies in January this yr claimed that BJP has an app with the identify Tek Fog which has tremendous powers on social media, giving the birthday celebration energy to govern any social media platforms.
The Twine tale about Tek Fog had reached the parliament, the Ideally suited Court docket, and global media and publications. It was once cited for example of ‘assault on freedom of expression’ by means of the Modi govt in a lot of studies printed by means of left-liberal organisations and assume tanks. Now, after The Twine withdrew their tale, a few of them have got rid of connection with Tek Fog from their studies. However some proceed to hold this false data.
In truth, an organisation underneath the USA govt has discussed this pretend declare in a file printed a month after The Twine took down the Tek Fog studies. On November 22, The USA Fee on Global Non secular Freedom (USCIRF) printed a file on Non secular Freedom Stipulations in India. They claimed within the file that spiritual freedom stipulations in India remained deficient within the yr 2022. It says that the file supplies a wide evaluate of non secular freedom stipulations in India in 2021 and 2022.
USCIRF lately launched a brand new file which gives an summary of non secular freedom stipulations in #India in 2021 and 2022. https://t.co/fcBPx5sc4A
— USCIRF (@USCIRF) November 22, 2022
Within the 6-page file, USCIRF discussed the Tek Fog allegation for example of loss of spiritual freedom in India. The file stated, “The BJP has additionally been accused of the usage of ‘Tek Fog,’ a extremely subtle app used by on-line operatives to hijack main social media and encrypted messaging platforms to enlarge hate speech and exacerbate sectarian divides.”
The Twine took down the Tek Fog tale on October 23, the similar day the Meta tale was once withdrawn. Subsequently, the tale was once withdrawn a complete month earlier than the e-newsletter of the USCIRF file, which was once printed on twenty second November. Nevertheless it nonetheless carried the Tek Fog pretend declare.
Except for this, the file accommodates the standard lies which can be being many times utilized by left-liberals to make false allegations in opposition to India underneath the Modi govt. The file alleges that the “regulations focused on spiritual conversion, interfaith relationships, and cow slaughter negatively have an effect on Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits, and Adivasis”. It additionally falsely claims that CAA is in opposition to the Muslims within the nation which is totally erroneous, because the legislation is most effective acceptable for foreigners and now not Indian electorate. And it unearths fault within the legislation for now not together with Muslim teams like Rohingya Muslims, Ahmadiyya Muslims and many others.
The USA Fee on Global Non secular Freedom (USCIRF) is a federal govt company created by means of the Global Non secular Freedom Act (IRFA), 1998. In July this yr, the Indian govt had condemned the organisation with sturdy phrases once they made equivalent claims in opposition to India of their 2022 annual file.
“Regrettably, USCIRF continues to misrepresent information over and over again in its statements and studies in pursuance of its motivated schedule. Such movements most effective serve to fortify issues concerning the credibility and objectivity of the group,” a observation issued by means of MEA had stated. Within the 2022 annual file, USCIRF had really useful that the USA management will have to classify India as a “nation of specific worry”, along side different international locations like Pakistan, North Korea, China and Saudi Arabia.
After the Twine took down the Tek Fog tale, a number of organisations and media homes together with the Editors Guild of India, Freedom Space, Bloomberg, and many others had got rid of references to the pretend app from their studies or had withdrawn their studies.