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ముంబయి ప్రతీకారం తీర్చుకుంటుందా..?
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Published : Apr 10, 2019, 8:30 AM IST
నేడు కింగ్స్ ఎలెవన్ పంజాబ్తో ముంబయి ఇండియన్స్ తలపడనుంది. ఆరు మ్యాచ్లు ఆడిన పంజాబ్ నాలుగింటిలో విజయం సాధించంగా.. ఐదు మ్యాచ్ల్లో మూడు ముంబయి ఇండియన్స్ జట్టు మూడు గెలిచింది.
చివరిసారి ఇరుజట్లు మొహాలీలో తలపడగా పంజాబ్ 8 వికెట్ల తేడాతో విజయం సాధించింది. సొంత మైదానంలో మ్యాచ్ జరుగుతుండటం ముంబయికి కలిసొచ్చే అంశం.
చెన్నై సూపర్ కింగ్స్, సన్ రైజర్స్ హైదరాబాద్ జట్లపై విజయంతో ముంబయి జోరు మీదుంది. నాణ్యమైన బౌలింగ్ ఈ జట్టు సొంతం. రోహిత్ శర్మ, డికాక్, సూర్యకుమార్ యాదవ్, పొలార్డ్, పాండ్యా సోదరులతో బ్యాటింగ్ దళం బలంగా ఉంది. చెన్నైతో జరిగిన మ్యాచ్లో రెండు ఓవర్లలో 45 పరుగులు చేసి జట్టుకు విజయాన్నందించారు పొలార్డ్, హార్దిక్ పాండ్యా.
బౌలింగ్లోనూ ముంబయి జట్టు పటిష్టంగా ఉంది. సన్ రైజర్స్పై కేవలం 12 పరుగులు ఇచ్చి 6 వికెట్లు తీసిన అల్జారీ జోసెఫ్ ఈ మ్యాచ్లో ఫేవరేట్గా బరిలోకి దిగుతున్నాడు. ఇతడితో పాటు బుమ్రా, బెహ్రండార్ఫ్, హార్దిక్ పాండ్యా ఉండనే ఉన్నారు.
గత మ్యాచ్లో సన్ రైజర్స్తో ఉత్కంఠ పోరులో గెలిచింది కింగ్స్ ఎలెవన్ పంజాబ్. బ్యాటింగ్, బౌలింగ్లో మరింత మెరుగవ్వాల్సి ఉందని అంటున్నాడు ఆ జట్టు కెప్టెన్ అశ్విన్.
రాహుల్, మయాంక్ అగర్వాల్ సన్ రైజర్స్పై అద్భుత ప్రదర్శన చేశారు. గేల్ కూడా సత్తా చాటాలని జట్టు భావిస్తోంది. బౌలింగ్లోనూ అశ్విన్ అదరగొడుతున్నాడు. సామ్ కరన్, షమి, మురుగన్ అశ్విన్ లాంటి బౌలర్లతో బౌలింగ్ దళం బలంగా ఉంది.
జట్ల అంచనా
ముంబయి ఇండియన్స్
రోహిత్ శర్మ, పొలార్డ్, బెహ్రాండార్ఫ్, సూర్యకుమార్ యాదవ్, డికాక్, బుమ్రా, హార్దిక్ పాండ్యా, ఇషాన్ కిషన్, అల్జారీ జోసెఫ్, కృణాల్ పాండ్యా, రాహుల్ చాహర్
కింగ్స్ ఎలెవన్ పంజాబ్
రవిచంద్రన్ అశ్విన్, లోకేష్ రాహుల్, క్రిస్ గేల్, మయాంక్ అగర్వాల్, సర్ఫరాజ్ ఖాన్, మిల్లర్, మన్దీప్ సింగ్, సామ్ కరన్, అంకిత్ రాజ్ పుత్, షమి, ముజిబర్ రెహమన్
నేడు కింగ్స్ ఎలెవన్ పంజాబ్తో ముంబయి ఇండియన్స్ తలపడనుంది. ఆరు మ్యాచ్లు ఆడిన పంజాబ్ నాలుగింటిలో విజయం సాధించంగా.. ఐదు మ్యాచ్ల్లో మూడు ముంబయి ఇండియన్స్ జట్టు మూడు గెలిచింది.
చివరిసారి ఇరుజట్లు మొహాలీలో తలపడగా పంజాబ్ 8 వికెట్ల తేడాతో విజయం సాధించింది. సొంత మైదానంలో మ్యాచ్ జరుగుతుండటం ముంబయికి కలిసొచ్చే అంశం.
చెన్నై సూపర్ కింగ్స్, సన్ రైజర్స్ హైదరాబాద్ జట్లపై విజయంతో ముంబయి జోరు మీదుంది. నాణ్యమైన బౌలింగ్ ఈ జట్టు సొంతం. రోహిత్ శర్మ, డికాక్, సూర్యకుమార్ యాదవ్, పొలార్డ్, పాండ్యా సోదరులతో బ్యాటింగ్ దళం బలంగా ఉంది. చెన్నైతో జరిగిన మ్యాచ్లో రెండు ఓవర్లలో 45 పరుగులు చేసి జట్టుకు విజయాన్నందించారు పొలార్డ్, హార్దిక్ పాండ్యా.
బౌలింగ్లోనూ ముంబయి జట్టు పటిష్టంగా ఉంది. సన్ రైజర్స్పై కేవలం 12 పరుగులు ఇచ్చి 6 వికెట్లు తీసిన అల్జారీ జోసెఫ్ ఈ మ్యాచ్లో ఫేవరేట్గా బరిలోకి దిగుతున్నాడు. ఇతడితో పాటు బుమ్రా, బెహ్రండార్ఫ్, హార్దిక్ పాండ్యా ఉండనే ఉన్నారు.
గత మ్యాచ్లో సన్ రైజర్స్తో ఉత్కంఠ పోరులో గెలిచింది కింగ్స్ ఎలెవన్ పంజాబ్. బ్యాటింగ్, బౌలింగ్లో మరింత మెరుగవ్వాల్సి ఉందని అంటున్నాడు ఆ జట్టు కెప్టెన్ అశ్విన్.
రాహుల్, మయాంక్ అగర్వాల్ సన్ రైజర్స్పై అద్భుత ప్రదర్శన చేశారు. గేల్ కూడా సత్తా చాటాలని జట్టు భావిస్తోంది. బౌలింగ్లోనూ అశ్విన్ అదరగొడుతున్నాడు. సామ్ కరన్, షమి, మురుగన్ అశ్విన్ లాంటి బౌలర్లతో బౌలింగ్ దళం బలంగా ఉంది.
జట్ల అంచనా
ముంబయి ఇండియన్స్
రోహిత్ శర్మ, పొలార్డ్, బెహ్రాండార్ఫ్, సూర్యకుమార్ యాదవ్, డికాక్, బుమ్రా, హార్దిక్ పాండ్యా, ఇషాన్ కిషన్, అల్జారీ జోసెఫ్, కృణాల్ పాండ్యా, రాహుల్ చాహర్
కింగ్స్ ఎలెవన్ పంజాబ్
రవిచంద్రన్ అశ్విన్, లోకేష్ రాహుల్, క్రిస్ గేల్, మయాంక్ అగర్వాల్, సర్ఫరాజ్ ఖాన్, మిల్లర్, మన్దీప్ సింగ్, సామ్ కరన్, అంకిత్ రాజ్ పుత్, షమి, ముజిబర్ రెహమన్
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Menlo Park - 5 April 2019
1. Engineers working on computers at the Facebook Operation Center for Elections at Facebook headquarters
2. An engineer working at a station labelled (English): "WhatsApp Trust and Safety"
3. Close of a computer screen showing a dashboard full of news items from India
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New Delhi - 4 April 2019
4. Scroll down on a pro-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Facebook page titled Bharat Mata, or mother India, showing a news clip titled (Hindi): "Congress and Pakistan together will get rid of (Indian Prime Minister) Modi"
5. Facebook video playing
6. A pro-BJP Facebook page titled "Indian Politics," showing a video meme of Rahul Gandhi, leader of opposition Congress Party, suggestively goofing up numbers from Congress' manifesto promise of a minimum income scheme
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Menlo Park - 5 April 2019
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaushik Iyer, Facebook Engineering Manager:
"One of the things that I've learned through working on election integrity is that it is an adversarial space. What that means is that we will always see adaptation. We will always see new threats emerge. One example of this is that we've seen, of course, the ability to tamper with the audio and video associated with a particular piece of content. That's an example of something that we call a misrepresentation. The idea of trying to dupe someone, of trying to mislead them about what's taking place."
8. Screen showing Indian news headline in Hindi at the Facebook Operation Centre for Elections
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaushik Iyer, Facebook Engineering Manager:
"We've improved our ability to detect this kind of content, flag it for investigation and then respond to reduce its distribution on the platform."
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New Delhi - 4 April 2019
10. Scroll down on a webpage run by AltNews.in, an Indian fact-checking website, showing a list of false news articles and posts, including a photoshopped image of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi
11. A webpage run by BOOM Live, an Indian fact-checker certified by the Poynter International Fact-Checking Network, showing a list of false news articles
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New Delhi - 3 April 2019
12. Various of Ram Shankar Rai watching a pro-BJP propaganda video he received on the WhatsApp messaging application
13. Zoom in on propaganda video, UPSOUND (Hindi): "Modi will come back again. He has never taken a bribe, neither will he ever."
14. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Ram Shankar Rai, shopkeeper:
"When I watch news, I obviously consider it to be true. News is so popular in India, how can I consider it false?"
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New Delhi - 8 April 2019
15. Various of people walking through a busy street while looking at their phones
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New Delhi - 4 April 2019
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Apar Gupta, technology law expert and founder of the Internet Freedom Foundation:
"They have a trust in media. But they do not have availability of trusted media sources. And that is the problem. So if they see something on the screen, and these are people who, maybe, are getting onto the internet and may not be very sophisticated users to have the social knowledge of knowing just because it's on a screen does not mean it's true."
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Internet - 30 March 2019
17. A videoclip from the YouTube channel of Dhruv Rathee, a citizen journalist who makes analytical videos on Indian politics and news
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New Delhi - 8 April 2019
18. Computer screen showing Rathee's YouTube channel and one of his videos analyzing the Congress Party manifesto
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Germany – 29 March 2019
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Dhruv Rathee, a citizen journalist who makes analytical videos on Indian politics and news:
"To manage one billion users, it's not an easy task. If I was working in Facebook, I mean, I'm not working there and I can still imagine how they must feel. Like, you know, because it's hard to make an algorithm which can work for the whole one billion people here. So I think they're trying their best, or they're trying hard. I'm not sure if they're trying their best or not, but they need to try even harder to get it to work because currently it's not really working."
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New Delhi - 8 April 2019
20. Various exteriors of the Indian Election Commission office
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New Delhi - 5 April 2019
21. Wide of a news conference called by activists and two former Chief Election Commissioners to discuss what needs to be done to bring social media under the same scrutiny applied to other media during elections
22. Journalist in the audience holding a list of demands being made by activists and bureaucrats to the election monitoring body
23. SOUNDBITE (English) N Gopalaswami, former Chief Election Commissioner:
"The potential of mischief of, you know, subversion of the process of elections represented by social media is immense. And in certain constituencies, it would play a very significant role and might be used to determine the outcome of the election."
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New Delhi - 8 April 2019
24. Various of BJP twitter page with more than 10 million followers
25. Scroll down on the Congress Party's Facebook page that has more than 5 million likes
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New Delhi - 4 April, 2019
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Apar Gupta, technology law expert and founder of the Internet Freedom Foundation:
"India has clearly not done enough. Collectively, the election commission has not made binding rules and regulations broadly, which drive a level of accountability either to political parties or social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter or even messaging platforms such as WhatsApp. Political parties, to their part, have not been transparent, have not acted ethically and have violated the model code of conduct."
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New Delhi - 8 April, 2019
27. Various of a man on the street watching news on his smart phone
STORYLINE:
With Indian elections set to begin later this week, social media giants like Facebook say they are taking steps to curb spread of false information and hateful political propaganda on their platforms.
From morphed images and videos, to misrepresented quotes sparking communal division, false news and hateful propaganda on digital platforms are at peak levels.
Facebook says it has dedicated thousands of employees across three countries to monitor and tackle false information on its platforms, but it is often not an easy task.
Kaushik Iyer, Facebook's Engineering Manager at the elections operation centre, says new threats emerge constantly despite efforts by his team to reduce visibility of false information, ban fake accounts, and provide transparency for political ads.
Facebook has also partnered with Indian fact checkers, like BOOM Live, to help reduce false news content from its platform.
But there is no shortage of propaganda or false information on social media, with a Microsoft report earlier this year saying Indians are the most likely to encounter fake news and internet hoaxes online.
New Delhi shop owner Ram Shankar Rai spends at least two hours a day going through political news and videos shared with him on social media.
Rai looked intently at a flurry of videos and photos on WhatsApp about an Indian airstrike in Pakistan, including pictures labelled as militants' corpses.
There was just one problem: the photos were not of militants but of casualties of a 2005 earthquake that killed thousands of people in Pakistan.
But the 50-year-old didn't see anything amiss.
"News is so popular in India. How can I consider it false?" he says.
As the world's largest democracy starts voting this week in a phased general election carried out over six weeks, this attitude is posing a problem for election officials seeking to combat the spread of fake news among a population that experts say has proven highly susceptible to believing it.
Despite efforts by India's Election Commission to work with social media giants, urging them to tackle the spread of misinformation, at least one former top election official is warning that fake news could end up being the deciding factor in some constituencies with extremely tight races.
The election is already taking place in a charged atmosphere as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party seeks a second term by pushing policies that some say have increased religious tensions and undermined multiculturalism.
The opposition Congress party, which is also spending sizable sums of money on social media ads, is trying to revive its past glory and turn around a declining voter base.
Tackling fake news is a huge challenge in India, a nation with 1.14 billion cellphone connections, the most Facebook users in the world at 300 million, and another 240 million users of the messaging service WhatsApp.
In such an environment, fake news can spread faster than regulators can act.
Watchdogs say in the run-up to the vote they've seen everything from manipulated pictures being picked up by mainstream news media, to misrepresented quotes sparking communal division, false news and hateful propaganda.
And it looks like people are buying it.
Indian internet users, many of whom are relatively new to the web, may lack the awareness of knowing that "just because it's on a screen does not mean it's true," said Apar Gupta, who runs an advocacy group called the Internet Freedom Foundation.
But misinformation isn't limited to social media.
Indian mainstream media has a habit of picking up false news from social media and running with it.
Dhruv Rathee, who makes news analysis videos using an iPhone for his popular YouTube Channel, said he is appalled by the amount of false news in mainstream media and on digital platforms and other media.
In March, India's election monitoring body had asked digital platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp, to curb spread of politically motivated manipulative information and adhere to Indian laws on election campaigning.
India's problem with fake news isn't new, though, and it has already proven to have deadly consequences.
In late 2018, at least 20 people were killed in mob attacks that were triggered by rumours on social media of strangers abducting children from villages.
Efforts by social media giants to combat fake news in the country were intensified after executives were called in by the Election Commission earlier this year and told to curb the spread of manipulative political information and adhere to the country's laws on election campaigning.
Social media companies followed that with a "Voluntary Code of Ethics" for the elections that they submitted to the government.
It's essentially a best practices agreement that they will try to abide by the Election Commission's suggestions and rules, including prohibiting campaign advertisements for at least 48 hours before polling begins.
But at least two former Election Commission bosses said they don't believe enough is being done.
"The potential of mischief for subversion of the process of elections represented by social media is immense," said N. Gopalaswami, who was India's chief election commissioner from 2006 to 2009.
He said he was concerned fake news could play a huge role in very tight races.
Gupta said the Election Commission should have enforced accountability for political parties and social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, with penalties for violations.
"India has clearly not done enough," he said, adding that some of the responsibility lies with the social media platforms.
Digital platforms have been scrambling to devise strategies to tackle the spread of false information ahead of the election.
Facebook announced a variety of measures last month, from blocking fake accounts to employing third-party fact-checking organizations for the elections.
WhatsApp has introduced a fact-checking helpline, encouraging users to flag messages for verification. It also started re-circulating an old advertising video urging people to "share joy, not rumours". The video was first launched after the 2018 mob attacks.
But with new pages and accounts being created daily to push political content, it's a hefty task.
"It is an adversarial space," said Kaushik Iyer, a Facebook engineering manager who works on election integrity and safety.
"What that means is that we will always see adaptation. We will always see new threats emerge," he told The Associated Press in an interview at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
But he did claim that Facebook was getting better at tracking down the misrepresented and manipulated videos and audio that form a big chunk of fake content on their platform in India.
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