Rahul Gandhi and Congress launch a marketing campaign to rent paid social media trolls: Read how

After years of spreading lies and falsehoods on social media platforms, the Congress occasion has now formally launched a marketing campaign to rent paid social media trolls to additional its propaganda. The marketing campaign was launched throughout a press convention convened by the Congress occasion on Monday.
Dubbed as “Social Media Warrior”, the marketing campaign goals to enrol about 5,00,000 social media trolls, together with 50,000 office-bearers from throughout the nation. In the press convention, Congress leaders Pawan Khera, Pawan Bansal and Rohan Gupta unveiled the occasion’s marketing campaign of elevating a social media troll military to bolster its presence on numerous social media platforms.
It stands to motive that the 50,000 workplace bearing trolls that Congress occasion recruit would clearly be paid. However, additionally it is not clear if they might be paying their total military of 5 lac trolls or they might select solely the most effective trolls to obtain cost.

Source: YouTubeThe improvement to boost a paid on-line troll military was supported by the senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who took to Twitter to confess that Congress occasion will henceforth avail the companies of web trolls to unfold its propaganda.
Exhorting folks to affix Congress’ ‘online troll army’, Gandhi hailed web trolls because the “backbone” of the social media battle and urged social media warriors to affix Congress to tackle what he described as “paid trolls”.
India wants peaceful warriors to battle for reality, compassion & concord. You are central to defending the concept of India.Come, #Be a part ofCongressSocialMedia on this battle.India wants you! pic.twitter.com/DhBsHMKU22— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 8, 2021
Promotional video, helpline line quantity and devoted web site for Congress’ “social media warrior” launched
During the press convention, a promotional video for Congress’ “social media warrior” marketing campaign was additionally launched, geared toward inviting on-line trolls energetic on social media web sites to work for the Congress occasion. A brand dedicated to Congress’ “social media warrior” marketing campaign was additionally revealed within the press convention.
Furthermore, a helpline quantity and devoted web site to recruit social media trolls have additionally been launched. According to the web site, the Indian National Congress social media workforce, below the marketing campaign, might be expanded at each village, metropolis, state, and nationwide stage within the nation.
‘If you to consider within the ideology of the Congress occasion and need to contribute to the nation-building, then allow us to be part of the Congress Social Media Team,” the web site learn.
The web site sought private particulars reminiscent of title, telephone quantity, Whatsapp quantity, state, district, PIN code, academic {qualifications}, variety of hours trolls can dedicate working for the Congress social media workforce and their most popular areas of curiosity.
Source: https://incsmwarriors.comSource: https://incsmwarriors.comBesides, candidates had been additionally requested to offer social media platforms on which they had been energetic and the hyperlink of their most energetic social media deal with.
Source: https://incsmwarriors.comThose for being part of Congress’ social media troll military are anticipated to fill the shape. According to the Congress spokespersons within the press convention, after cautious scrutiny of these , interviews might be carried out to finish the recruitment course of, adopted by coaching to place the venture in movement on the earliest.
Congress spokesperson declare Congress to boost on-line military to avoid wasting the nation, however they don’t elaborate how
Responding to a query raised in the course of the Press convention, Congress social media head Rohan Gupta mentioned that the aim of elevating an “troll army” can be to counter trolls who bask in “wrong trolling”. “On many occasions, we witness that people are being trolled for wrong reasons. We can’t stop the trolls because of their sheer strength. This army is being raised to counter their numerical dominance,” Gupta mentioned.
Pawan Bansal, one other Congress chief who was current on the press convention mentioned that the social media warriors employed by the Congress occasion would assist in saving the nation. However, he, together with different Congress functionaries, Rohan Gupta and Pawan Khera, didn’t elaborate on how elevating a military of web trolls would save the nation.