How IT companies are using Facebook, Twitter to malign rivals: Operation Blue Virus :Cobrapost

Cobrapost exposes how social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and others are coming in handy for politicians to artificially boost their popularity, and malign their opponents, with help of IT companies across India which specialize in providing customized online reputation management services, for a fee. 

The sting purportedly features about two dozen such small companies that allegedly claimed they offer services like "creating fake profiles or buying likes" or "by buying packages of followers" in election season. Among their clients, they allegedly claim, are leading politicians and political parties, corporate houses and even government officials, Cobrapost said. 

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