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Greta Thunberg tweets, deletes and then updates farm protest 'toolkit'

Greta Thunberg tweets, deletes and then updates farm protest 'toolkit'
Cimate activist Greta Thunberg (File photo)
NEW DELHI: Climate activist Greta Thunberg's tweet, in which she shared a "toolkit" to amplify farmers' voices, created uproar on Twitter on Wednesday.
Thunberg later deleted the tweet, but not before several social media users accused her of being a part of an "international conspiracy to defame India". The tweet also led to a range of people sharing a hashtag, #GretaThunbergExposed.
In another development, the Delhi police on Thursday filed an FIR against unnamed persons in connection with the "toolkit" which was shared by teen climate activist.

A top official saying that the initial probe has suggested the document's link with a pro-Khalistan group.
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"Here's a toolkit if you want to help," Thunberg wrote, while sharing a link to a Google Document that had several resources to mobilise people against the farm laws.
Thunberg later deleted the tweet and updated it with a new "toolkit". In the new "toolkit", the climate activist asked people to tweet, call/email government representatives asking them to take action and suggested a host of other actions to support protesting farmers .


It is unclear who initially made the now-deleted document, which also consisted of a list of previous actions taken to amplify farmers' voices online. The actions dated back till January 23, and listed several hashtags like #AskIndiaWhy, #FarmersProtest and #TheWorldIsWatching with specific dates where they trended and would trend. It asked volunteers to also tag their respective representatives and the UN to expose the brutality against farmers.
Under a subhead titled "How can you help?", the document encouraged people to "participate in on-ground protests, post solidarity videos online between February 21 and 26, take part in a global tweetstorm on February 4 and 5 and to sign online petitions supporting farmers. It also encouraged people to "divest" from Adani-Ambani, alleged benefactors of the farm laws.
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