Prasiddha Sudhakar (@prasiddhaa

Prasiddha Sudhakar

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Prasiddha Sudhakar

@prasiddhaa_

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Joined August 2021

Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Jul 13, 2022
As a senior at Rutgers and analyst at @ncri_io, I am honored to announce our paper on the dissemination of Anti-Hindu disinformation on social media.
Network Contagion Research Institute
@ncri_io
Jul 13, 2022
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 🧵 on our findings: @prasiddhaa_ @parthparihar @rachaelmyrow
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Nov 22, 2022
As a lead author & researcher on the Leicester report released by @ncri_io, I’d like to set the record straight after a @business headline has been picked up and circulated prolifically by other outlets. It’s a distortion of our report & findings.
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Jul 1, 2022
Man arrested in Salt Lake City after allegedly threatening Hindu yoga studio employees, owner
Man arrested in Salt Lake City after allegedly threatening Hindu yoga studio employees, owner
From sltrib.com
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Nov 16, 2022
Since the violence in Leicester broke out, our team @ncri_io investigated. From malicious narratives, to bot activity, cyberswarming, ethnic hatred - how did online activities spill over into real world violence, vandalism, mob mobilization, & intimidation? A thread:
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Mar 26, 2022
Before Spring Break, @RutgersHSC held a workshop with @HinduphobiaConf scholars on Navigating Hinduphobia on college campuses - attended by students, faculty, allies, and members of the administration. The workshop unpacked historical Hinduphobia and current-day manifestations.
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Nov 22, 2022
Replying to @prasiddhaa_
The irony that @business chose a headline that deliberately continues to push a false narrative that our report *debunks and nuances* isn’t lost on me. However, it is indicative of systemic misreporting of the Hindu diaspora and India that infects Western media.
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Aug 15, 2022
Happy Independence Day, India! 🧡🤍💚 📍Rutgers University #IndiaAt75
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Nov 22, 2022
Replying to @prasiddhaa_
What’s worse is researchers are made responsible for the central claim of Bloomberg’s headline with the phrase “Researchers Say.” As the @business headline is being ascribed to me, I feel a need to speak out. Only @business is responsible for the headline’s misinformation.
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Nov 22, 2022
Replying to @prasiddhaa_
The headline is not a cherry-picked sentence from our study. Nor does it misstate a finding therein. Instead, it concocts a conclusion nowhere present in our report, available here networkcontagion.us/reports/11-16-…
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Nov 22, 2022
Replying to @prasiddhaa_
The headline imposed by @business editors is severely editorial and not rooted in the data presented in our research. This is important since a large majority of news consumers read only the headline of news stories:
Americans read headlines. And not much else.
From washingtonpost.com
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Nov 22, 2022
Replying to @prasiddhaa_
As but one illustration, @business cyber editor @jeffstone500 tweeted this: x.com/jeffstone500/s… Nowhere did researchers claim Indian accounts tweeted 500x a minute, nor that this "fanned religious violence in the UK"
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Nov 22, 2022
Replying to @prasiddhaa_
Our findings suggest that a "Hindutva bogeyman" was constructed locally to mobilize violence. Violence against Hindus & temples was justified under the guise of responding to “Hindutva extremism.” False narratives of Hindu violence spread. shorturl.at/gKWY1
Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Jul 14, 2023
This week, I had the opportunity to present @ncri_io research at the Capitol 🇺🇸 Extremely thankful for the opportunity to discuss cyber social threats and online harms.
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Prasiddha Sudhakar
@prasiddhaa_
Nov 22, 2022
Replying to @prasiddhaa_
Our report exhaustively documents the way on-the-ground riots in Leicester were mobilized by *local* social media accounts, not those in India:
Parth Parihar
@parthparihar
Nov 16, 2022
Replying to @parthparihar
In particular, false rumors about violence committed by the British Hindu community sparked off several incidents. First, a false account of the kidnapping of a young Muslim woman led to the mobilization of a march from Birmingham to Leicester to seek "revenge"