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Operation Blue Virus: IT professionals take money for online character assassination

New Delhi: Social media is no longer a trusted measure for popularity. Likes can be manipulated and fake friends are readily available.  This has been exposed by Cobrapost in an undercover operation codenamed Operation Blue

India TV News Desk Updated on: November 30, 2013 15:19 IST
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operation blue virus it professionals take money for online character assassination

New Delhi: Social media is no longer a trusted measure for popularity. Likes can be manipulated and fake friends are readily available.  


This has been exposed by Cobrapost in an undercover operation codenamed Operation Blue Virus.

The sting brings home cold truths on about two dozen IT companies that put social media to nefarious use.

An undercover reporter asked these IT companies to launch a branding exercise for a tainted netaji on social media before the elections.  

Netaji would want to see his opponent maligned, never mind if it borders on character assassination, to help him win the polls.
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