Description: This paper focuses on information warfare operations conducted by foreign adversaries through social media platforms. Specifically, it considers challenges related to social media and information warfare in the Indian context and makes suggestions on how India may mitigate such threats, in particular by leveraging and partnering with domestic social media platforms. The recommendations in the paper emanate from global best practices in responding to these threats.
Attribution: Vaishnavi Prasad and Meghna Bal. Information Warfare Through Social Media Platforms. March 2023, Esya Centre.