Here’s a concerning story from India, where the upcoming election is putting the use of social media in the spotlight. While the Indian government is putting Facebook, Google and other companies under pressure to prevent their digital platforms from being used for election manipulation, a journalist has demonstrated just how easy it is to control […]
View More Manipulating an Indian politician’s tweets is worryingly easy to doCategory: Narendra Modi
India’s prime minister is the second most-tweeted world leader after Trump
/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F668721%2F7acd4bc1-2c7d-4c07-bd21-572b2d955eeb.jpg)
Narendra Modi is killing it on Twitter.
Not only does the Indian prime minister have 37.5 million followers, he’s also the most tweeted about world leader in the world — after Trump of course.
Modi is also the most followed head of state across the Asia-Pacific region by far, with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo coming in second with 9.1 million followers, according to a press release from Twitter.
What does it take to amass such a huge following?
For one, the Prime Minister tweets almost every other day, and he’s not afraid of sending out numerous tweets on the same day. On Dec. 1 for example, he sent out a grand total of eight tweets. Read more…
More about Twitter, India, Narendra Modi, Narendra Modi Twitter, and Narendra Modi Social Media
View More India’s prime minister is the second most-tweeted world leader after Trump