BJP Workers’ Desperate Bid to Gain Support for CAA: A Missed Call Number for Netflix, Lonely Hearts

With the BJP and the Centre coming in for intense criticism for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the party had begun a campaign asking people to give a missed call to a number to “register” their support for the controversial law. While reports said that the BJP IT cell would also “give a push” to the campaign on social media outlets, the strategy took a rather interesting turn, as it later emerged.

Many Twitter accounts had begun misleading their followers into calling the number on pretexts that callers would get “free Netflix subscription”, connect with job openings or even get in touch with phone sex operators.

While some of the accounts claimed that they were doing it as a “prank”, evidence suggests many are linked to the BJP IT cell. At least one of the prominent accounts which tweeted misleading information about the phone number is followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.…

https://thewire.in/politics/caa-missed-call-bjp

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• Twitter trolls BJP for trending #IndiaSupportsCCA, gets called CCA, the Copy Cat Association (Jan 1, 2020, Free Press Journal)
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