🔎 Unprecedented operation of Industrial‑scale AI content production, documented propaganda‑to‑policy pipeline, and Record Model Code of Conduct violations from verified political accounts.

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DAHRD report reveals AI disinformation targeting a religious minority leading up to Assam elections YouTube video by Article 14

🚨 Discover the first industrialised AI disinformation operation in an Indian state election: our monitoring report documents AI disinformation targeting Muslim minority in Assam.

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🎉Our latest report is in the news!

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What we observed in Assam, is being nationalized. Assam is the laboratory; the rest of India is the intended market.

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5) Platform accountability gap: Zero enforcement of Meta’s AI labelling policy despite flagged content; Assamese-language hate content circulated without moderation

3)Propaganda to policy pipeline: AI-driven narratives translated into enacted legislation - a property restriction law - within a single election cycle

4)Electoral exclusion: 2.43 lakh voter deletions and constituency delimitation reducing Muslim-majority seats from 35 to 20

🔎 Our Key Findings:

1)AI at industrial scale: Coordinated production and amplification of 432 AI-generated posts across Meta platforms with no detection or labelling

2)Deepfakes in electoral targeting: 31 political deepfakes and a gendered disinformation campaign targeting a private individual

DAHRD monitored 273 social media accounts across Facebook, Instagram, and X (Twitter) - with a combined follower reach of 407.4 million.

🚨 New Report alert🚨

Our new report on Assam Assembly Elections documents what we believe to be the first recorded instance of AI-driven disinformation in an Indian state election.

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Justice on Hold: Umar Khalid's story of resistance- webinar 17 03 2026 YouTube video by Foundation DAHRD

📣 Missed our webinar 'Justice on hold: Umar Khalid's story of Resistance' with Hannah van Dijcke (@hrf.org), Dr Banojyotsna Lahiri and Betwa Sharma (Article 14) ?

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❗Our findings are based on a systematic open-source monitoring of 57 social media accounts across X (Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook from November 2025 to March 25, 2026 – covering the full pre-election period.

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Our new report on the normalisation of AI-generated propaganda in Assam electoral campaign and the role of social platforms is out!

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EU-India FTA: Putting the 'Brussels Effect' to the Test? Willfully blind to the widely documented authoritarianism of the Modi government in India, Brussels seems to have completely changed its language.

In the context of EU-India FTA, our co-founder @ritumbra.bsky.social reflects on Chapter 16, trade and sustainable development, the legal basis of the ‘Brussels effect’. But the commitments remain voluntary and rely on dialogue mechanisms.

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📢 DAHRD remains a key player in the debate on EU-India relations. The @europarl.europa.eu must continue to work with the civil society to ensure the #EUIndiaFTA upholds human rights, social and environmental values, and use every opportunity to strengthen labor key protections in the agreement.

☕ In Brussels, DAHRD joined a discussion at the @europarl.europa.eu on the #EUIndiaFTA. Our Director, Dr. Ritumbra Manuvie @ritumbra.bsky.social, highlighted: missing key ILO protections, impact on workers & vulnerable communities, and shrinking democratic space in India.