Divya Pushkarna

Chasing mis/disinformation. Former @MSF @MSF_Ind, @businessline | Alumni: @ACJIndia , @SGGSCC_DU. All tweets and views are personal

[Wellu @Wellutwt]

Wake up babe, singham Japanese dub is here to slay 😭🤣

[Divya Pushkarna @pushnaikarna]

It's Day 5 of no @Airtel_Presence @airtelindia broadband and mobile services and zero response from the company.
If I had enquired for their new service, they would have chased me to death.

[Divya Pushkarna @pushnaikarna]

@airtelindia My broadband connection is not working for the last 4 days. Plus, I have poor reception of network on my Airtel postpaid. There is no proper justification to thie outage & no TAT provided. I am using a vodafone sim (which works fab in the same location) to reach you.

[Divya Pushkarna @pushnaikarna]

This is not enough. Disappointed!

[A.R.Rahman @arrahman]

Dearest Chennai Makkale, those of you who purchased tickets and weren’t able to enter owing to unfortunate circumstances, please do share a copy of your ticket purchase to [email protected] along with your grievances. Our team will respond asap🙏@BToSproductions @actcevents

[Divya Pushkarna @pushnaikarna]

My day started with reading tweets about incidents being reported from #ARRahmanConcert in Chennai. But what I find more disturbing is the radio silence maintained by @arrahman. Your fans were there for you & they deserve to know if you are paying any attention to their concerns.

[MSF South Asia @MSF_SouthAsia]

For the final session of #HHSummit, we have with us @TDPurnat, Health Information and Infodemic Manager, @WHO, @OsamaManzar, Executive Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Shalini Joshi, Director, Meedan and Moderator @pushnaikarna, Disinformation Advisor, @MSF.

[MSF South Asia @MSF_SouthAsia]

"During the pandemic, there was a spread of false information which exacerbates the spread of Covid 19 virus. It was particularly challenging as the knowledge around #covid was still evolving and emerging. We call it "mid-information", - Shalini Joshi at #HHSummit. #FactCheck

[MSF South Asia @MSF_SouthAsia]

@pushnaikarna, moderator of the final session of #HHSummit further elaborates on the origins of mis/disinformation, particularly during a crisis. She explains how mis/disinformation takes advantage of fear during an emergency.

[MSF South Asia @MSF_SouthAsia]

"It does not require a PhD degree to become a fact-checker. It should be a part of every mobile ownership. We need to implement these trainings right away," @OsamaManzar elucidates why #facchecking is a crucial weapon against #misinformation. #Hsummit

[MSF South Asia @MSF_SouthAsia]

"AI is either the world's wonder or the coming of the apocalypse. There are no guard rails or regulations when it comes to technology. It is already integrated into our phones, search engines & social networks" - @TDPurnat #HHSummit

[MSF South Asia @MSF_SouthAsia]

📢#CrisesInFocus- a riveting virtual discussion is starting in 60 minutes!
➡️Watch the live session at 3 PM IST/ 9:30 AM UTC/ 2:00 PM AFT
➡️Link: https://t.co/A34D5EOuDA

@MSF_Afghanistan @MSF

[Divya Pushkarna @pushnaikarna]

@TwitterSupport Hello team. I am unable to login to one of my Twitter accounts for almost a month now. Twitter is not identifying the registered email and not letting me reset the password. And I have already gone through the whole process twice. Please help!

[Influence @InfluencePRMag]

In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the terms ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ entered the public discourse and proliferated on social media platforms.

@pushnaikarna writes for Influence: https://t.co/P6cPtujgvV

[Divya Pushkarna @pushnaikarna]

@kriti2103 Thank you so much Kriti ❤️

[Divya Pushkarna @pushnaikarna]

Thank you so much @marland_sykes and @kriti2103 for this opportunity.
Appreciate the work done by @CIPRCrisisComm

[CIPR Crisis Comms @CIPRCrisisComm]

Don't know how to resolve misinformation/disinformation problems at your organization? Read @pushnaikarna 's advice and tips on how to get started.
https://t.co/ak5Mc7Kcbf

[Bellingcat @bellingcat]

Check out all the tools created at Bellingcat's first hackathon here. We hope to see researchers use them in practice and are keen to highlight any interesting projects that employ them https://t.co/9P2Ma1xKnB

[pea bee @prstb]

I wrote about a mad rabbit hole that led me to a guy who is running 200 different (fake) restaurant brands from one single drab cloud kitchen in Bangalore!

In the end, I was left slightly distressed by just how easy it is to game Swiggy and Zomato.

https://t.co/XgFeEVGpXZ

[Divya Pushkarna @pushnaikarna]

And @TheAcademy goes to @peppapig

[Aleszu Bajak aleszu.bsky.social @aleszubajak]

These are the kind of events that got me into data journalism. Check out @bellingcat's two remote global hackathons. Applications due Aug 26 and Sep 16. https://t.co/pZRE1hyoi8