Active steps ended up "clandestine operations intended to even more Soviet overseas policy goals", consisting of disinformation, forgeries, leaks to overseas media, and the channeling of support to militant teams. Ankhi Das, Facebook's plan director for India and South and Central Asia, apologized publicly in August 2020 for sharing a Facebook article that referred to as Muslims in India a "degenerate group". Blake, Andrew (August 5, 2020).