So they can. Write any. Exodus starts. On t. W. On the. General election. The truth. Welcome. Its good to have you with us today the second phase of forming in a month long general elections voters are going to the polls to elect a new parliament. Has been seeking a second has been the Opposition Congress party. The election is the worlds biggest with nine hundred. In total eligible to vote. Five hundred forty three representatives to the house of parliament called the. India is one of the biggest markets for social Media Companies like facebook and whatsapp these platforms additional campaigning ground. To the state of karnataka to meet a candidate hoping social media can be history to
a seat in parliament. I think were probably going to. Be there to see just recently hes about to go into the south indian city of bengal to sample your you and an aspiring Member Of Parliament for joining us but of particular that there were people at twenty eight hes the youngest candidates from the ruling b. G. P. To contest this election. Ask them to just go home after two five degrees on the soft be just three goes out of his to read to greet him the college every constituent hes seen each not in we is on a beautiful walk. But despite the palpable excitement of supporters and party locals the politician is at best reaching a few hundred overtrain sweltering odds. On twitter just we can reach over One Hundred Thousand followers in a flash most of our young people to be gone two forms. Are fully formed to the our
mobile phone to be is a point of. Information as well as entertainment so are political the greatest Political Tool that we have today is the smallest mark for not hands. On since the last National Board smartphone usage in india has to put to a stack of ng for fifteen minutes. Election authorities trying to ensure free and Fair Elections have taken no. Ones going to catch your eye is the different talk behind me which belongs to the beach every candidate who is holding an election rally but no lipstick with a friend is this very hard to my right which belongs to the Election Commission of india the Election Commission who knows me monacos everything a candidate does beat on bradleys all in advertising but for the first time hamilton in getting the job done history the Election Commission of india is also watching whats going to be done online on thought should we do about fund like twitter and facebook. Policing the World Wide Web there is no easy job. As the Civil Society groups worry about the uncritical consumption of online propaganda by new Internet Users was the question of the Election Commission is doing enough specially to prevent Political Parties from misusing social media. Forms such as facebook which offer a high degree of customization to their advertisers which are Political Parties of the personal information off with users in actually reaching them so what you have is the perfect Delivery Mechanism for political messaging in india which makes it incredibly powerful. But social media can also be problematic they just really has been criticised for all tweets opposing reservations for women and supporting the b j ps Hindu Nationalist agenda he has even want to gag order on the media to prevent reporting on what he called stephanie tree allegations. But now
a group of friends and supporters is hard at work to boost his online image. The content is kept young and peppy to resonate with the just response on political cartoons like these in Addition Help directly establish Prime Minister Narendra Modis support for the young candidate. Fortunately did he must also ensure ethical content that follows official guidelines. Social media is it a belief or did what with we are really not in control of what happens online itself it was for use a bit of what they were goes online from this music on that we can go. Supporters to exuberance to be what it about privacy and picnics. But it is what happens online that may well decide this election. And one man who has been watching this online space for some time is pretty hes cofounder and editor of
news this website cracks down and debunks fake news in india but glad you could join us how significant would you say is that all over social media in india as general election this time around. So if you come back to Two Thousand And Fourteen in Two Thousand And Fourteen. Theres a section of publishing which have access to smartphones and mobile Internet Connection that was largely the open bubblicious deal one to get just days but possible to Two Thousand And Nineteen what we have seen is that internet has changed the foggiest honest of this country and even the poorest of the villages there are a few people and the people on the mobile phone and the Data Connection so and so what has happened is that you know if not for the Mobile Phones but for the way a Word Of Mouth political propaganda and as a result misinformation which is which is a sickness and buy of the political propaganda reaches the fathers on most of this
country so what is interesting critique is that although there has been increased accessibility of Social Media Content across india it isnt necessarily a good thing. Yes it is not necessarily a good thing because you know india you know Social Media Propaganda works differently in Different Countries india is a country which has gone through partition which has certain you know sort of certain biases in the people at the right and this you know and what happens is that in the last four or five years theres been a lot of polarization religious polarization Political Polarization and this is the this is ideal for people who put out this information because it is when people are more in want to kill its political issues that they tend to fall more on this information and that is what is happening you know theres a lot of misinformation which targets minorities and which which travels very fast across all the social media mediums and briefly for think if you have any steps
been taken to tackle this problem. So facebook has partnerships with certain factious but unfortunately that is not enough because at least we you know were not a part of it we havent seen any significant difference as far as misinformation is concerned the ality still remains the same the Election Commission of india announced a certain steps but they were right the projections just at the doorstep of elections and unfortunately that is not good enough time to have any solid effect. On the news thank you very much for speaking to us. Thank you. From the Worlds Largest democracy to the Third Largest were just conducted its elections on wednesday preliminary results from indonesias elections show incumbent joe cole we dawdle in the lead all the official results on expected for weeks the run up to the vote however over dodo and his challenger probable still be
on to try to reach out to conservative islamic voters in the muslim majority nation so how big of an issue was political islam in that election i put that question to indonesias ambassador to germany. Or gross i know. Not really because you have to look at the time span of indonesian politics our first election was in One Hundred Fifty Five and we have seventeen Political Parties related to islam and today we only have four in the parliament and the number has been declining. Consistently we dont have islamic ideology in our political systems we have what we call in indonesia nationalistic which is not a very good word in europe and i see it spread throughout the Political Party of secular Political Parties most of them and secondly leaderships we dont have a National Figure head in the Political Party that has references
but then why do you have probably gone to forming an alliance with islamic hardliners why does president. Isnt about it because as his running mate one of the most popular islamic clerics in the country the reason is the social media. Minority which i when i see the coming to the mainstream and the majority who are silent. Are not you know taking the podium and taking up and taking a stand this is happening in different parts of the world in relation to terrorism for instance within that implies that this is gaining in importance even if it is on social media which is of course a part of vibrant democracies so theres indonesia Around The World surely it means that the their agenda is taking center stage well if the ideology is not there they may be noisy but im not so sure they will be able to have enough power to
mainstream the idea of International Politics just as a final question as somebody from india a friend of really fascinating the memmott election exercise that you all undertook but of boxes and elephants getting them on board to go to remote islands. Actions across three time zones but why did you have to hold five elections all on the same day what was the reason behind that last election there were a lot of horse trading. Political election first for the member of Political Parties election of the members president ial elections so. People want to remove that so now they want to do everything at the same time one day. Complaining because they dont have exposure well you know its not our fault is it valid. In the. News. For elections next month whats. The outcome. Of the european parliament. With a panel of guests welcome to crunch time so you really cant be serious. Trading partners were faced with the same. Yet despite the love the relationship. Of china beijings dominant buying. Chinese trade access to its market. Partners. More on our website thats. On facebook as well. Today were leaving now with images of the second phase. That got underway today. How about taking a few minutes you could even take a chance on. Dont expect happy ending. The church. Her first day of school in the jungle. First clueless and. Then Doris Green The Moment arrives. Joined the ring in on her journey back to freedom. In our interactive documentary. Tour in the region returns home on t. W. Dot com. Shares in jail ways nosedived the mumbai based carrier is on the brink of bankruptcy its suspends all operations. The Billionaire Founder of electronics make of foxconn says and told him to run for president of taiwan. Getting up and close and personal with the new Digital Leaders of the chinese fashion industry. And you know this is a Horror Story Farming Cockroaches destined for the dinner plate and for use in
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