Mapping the trend #StateKilledKarimaBaloch
Karima Baloch’s death has divided SM; with supporters claiming it was murder while the other side states that there was nothing untoward. Even though the Toronto Police tweeted a statement that it was not being treated as a criminal case, conspiracy theorists are bent on proving them wrong. This resulted in a trend #StateKilledKarimaBaloch where they tweeted wild accusations. The hashtag used was like what PTM supporters on Twitter had used in the past. I gathered the data so I could make a network map.
Please note that this is a filtered graph as there were a lot of participants in this trend. This graph shows that Mahrang Baloch was the most influential one in the trend and initiated it. She is central as indicated by the size of the node (circle) and the label. I noticed some names here who have always participated in the trends initiated by her. Fazila Baloch, Haroon Bugti, Baloch Almaas are just some of the most prominent ones.
Ali Wazir Fans, Khor Bibi, Niamatullah Wazir, Raziq Achakzai, Pashtun Emam and Afrasiab Khattak are PTM supporters and have also participated. The colors of the nodes indicate the clique or community, where the algorithm colors them according to the cluster, they are part of.
Once again please note that Justin Trudeau, UN, and Canada have been tagged and are an important part of this graph.