India’s government allegedly fueled a bogus campaign to garner support by offering ‘free Netflix’

Last week, leaders of the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)  of India tweeted out a toll-free number for people to call and show their support for the upcoming Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). However, later, several accounts – allegedly directed by the BJP – tweeted the same number, offering free Netflix subscriptions and hotlines to chat with ‘lonely women.’ For the uninitiated, CAA is an upcoming law that grants citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from select neighboring countries. Clubbed with the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC), it poses a threat to minorities in the country. The introduction of this law has…

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