{"id":134679,"date":"2019-10-16T12:40:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T12:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/indian-interests-behind-site-targeting-meps-with-rt-content\/"},"modified":"2019-10-16T12:40:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T12:40:15","slug":"indian-interests-behind-site-targeting-meps-with-rt-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/indian-interests-behind-site-targeting-meps-with-rt-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian interests behind site targeting MEPs with RT content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least one Indian firm is behind a <a href=\"https:\/\/eptoday.com\/his-mediation-rebuked-by-new-delhi-trump-says-india-pakistan-can-do-something-good-on-kashmir\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> that targets members of the European Parliament and other policymakers with media content that is critical of Pakistan and drawn largely from a Russian media outlet known for disinformation, according to research by a non-profit group.<\/p>\n<p>EUvsDisinfo, a group funded by the European Union, <a href=\"https:\/\/euvsdisinfo.eu\/how-to-get-the-european-parliament-to-read-russia-today\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">showed<\/a> that the website EP Today was drawing most of its content from Russian-owned RT and reproducing articles word-for-word on its site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DisinfoEU\/status\/1181933393757511680?s=20\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Further research by EU DisinfoLab<\/a>, a non-profit organization, showed that EP Todays online presence overlapped with Indian stakeholders in Brussels, namely those of the <a href=\"https:\/\/srivastavagroup.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Srivastava Group<\/a>. EP Todays office address, at 37 Square de Meeus, is the same as that of the Srivastava Group, a New Delhi-based company which lists the New Delhi Times as one of its assets (but not EP Today).<\/p>\n<p>There was no reply to requests for comment from Srivastava.<\/p>\n<p>Much of EP Todays content \u2014 which is also drawn from the U.S.-funded Voice of America outlet \u2014 is linked to Indian interests and is critical of Pakistan, DisinfoLabs research showed.<\/p>\n<p>On August 27, for example, EP Today published an article criticizing Donald Trumps offer to mediate between India and Pakistan, while op-eds have <a href=\"https:\/\/eptoday.com\/jihad-the-goal-of-pakistan-for-kashmir\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">criticized<\/a> Pakistans foreign policy goals as \u201cjihad\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/eptoday.com\/pakistans-secret-war-balochistans-push-for-independence\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called for<\/a> the secession of the restive Pakistani region of Balochistan.<\/p>\n<p>DisinfoLabs investigation \u201creveals just how complicated this field of research [disinformation] is; it shows how attribution is always difficult, and how caution should be taken when reporting on disinformation investigations,\u201d Gary Machado, managing director at EU DisinfoLab, told POLITICO.<\/p>\n<h3>Pakistani suspicions<\/h3>\n<p>As of Tuesday evening, the EP Today site was still operating.<\/p>\n<p>Its Facebook page, which had been liked by 145,000 people, was taken down on Tuesday following inquiries, including by POLITICO. A Twitter account associated with the group has been permanently suspended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe dont comment on individual accounts for security and privacy reasons. Impersonating another user, brand or organization in a confusing or deceptive way is a violation of the Twitter Rules,\u201d a Twitter spokesperson said. 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