“Denial as Strategy: What the NCRI Report Reveals About Pakistan’s Terror and Disinformation Nexus”, Stop Hindu Dvesha, February 26, 2026
“On April 22, 2025, Indian tourists were killed in a targeted terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The digital and narrative response that followed is examined in detail in a recent investigative report by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)[1], a U.S.-based research organization specializing in the study of online disinformation, extremist networks, and coordinated influence operations.
The NCRI report documents how, alongside the physical attack, a parallel campaign unfolded across social media platforms, international broadcast outlets, and influencer-driven digital spaces, advancing a unified claim that the attack itself was a false flag operation staged by India. According to the report, the rapid emergence of this narrative was not accidental. Within hours of the incident, Pakistani officials, former diplomats, and state-aligned media figures publicly framed the violence as an Indian fabrication.
NCRI further traces how these claims were subsequently amplified through coordinated bot networks, AI-generated visual propaganda, and Western-based conspiracy influencers with substantial transnational reach. The coherence, timing, and scale of this amplification indicate an organized information operation rather than spontaneous political commentary……”
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