From the analysis of The Wire, Tek Fog is an app used by the Indian political party, BJP (Bhartiya Jasoos Party), to artificially inflate the popularity of the party, harass its critics and manipulate public perceptions at scale across major social media platforms. The app is used to manipulate trends on Twitter, by automatically sharing or retweeting posts, and promoting existing hashtags to trending levels, to make it look like some trends are more popular than they are. We came to know about this app from a whistleblower of the BJP IT Cell.

Tek Fog can also use inactive WhatsApp accounts to forward messages to their contacts to spread BJP’s propaganda. Further, the person whose account has been hijacked by the Tek Fog is accountable to spread the communal poison and BJP’s propaganda while they were not the ones to send it.

Here are the links to articles and videos:

• Part 1 analysis by The Wire. Download HTML file of the analysis, in case BJP censors the report in future.

• Part 2 analysis by The Wire shows that how BJP phishes citizens' phones with spyware for the purpose of sending party-line propaganda impersonating them to friends and family using inactive WhatsApp accounts. Download HTML file of the analysis.

• Part 3 analysis by The Wire tells us about how communal poison is spread and how BJP critics are harrassed on social media. Download HTML file of the analysis.

• Bloomberg article on Tek Fog app.

• A video by The Wire explaining Tek Fog app.

• The Wire explains the consequences of Tek Fog by comparing it with a fictional world where false supporters of the emergency drown out the real opponents.