The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has asked the Twitter administration to stop all handles running smear campaigns against Pakistan and its entities.
A
statement from the authority read on Thursday, "The Pakistan
Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has directed its moderate teams to
immediately sensitize and ensure that the platform does not use any propaganda
to spread fake information. Not to be used’ as a tool, Twitter has approached
the administration. "
The
authority has asked the micro-blogging site to take "immediate action
against accounts that spread false information against Pakistan".
In the wake of current smear campaign of spreading false and baseless information targeting Pakistan, its cities and institutions, PTA has stressed upon Twitter to effectively block handles involved in the campaign. pic.twitter.com/Rnt9sLeCAu
— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) October 22, 2020
The
PTA said it had asked the Twitter administration to block accounts involved in
the smear campaign against Pakistan, its cities, and institutions.
The
regulator noted that many accounts involved in spreading lies and
misinformation about Pakistan have been’ verified.
"To
the regulator's frustration, the number of accounts involved in spreading false
stories have been confirmed by Twitter. However, they are still working with
exceptions. The PTA has asked the platform to follow its guidelines." And
take immediate action against such accounts in accordance with the policies,
"read the PTA statement.
Indian
media widely ridiculed foreign stories about the 'civil war' in Karachi
The
PTA's statement came just days after several established Indian media outlets
received fake news about the imaginary civil war in Karachi.
Gulshan-e
- After a possible hiatus in Pakistan's largest port city, Indian media
prepared for a full-blown civil war with rival forces, bombings, and gun battles
between an imaginary area in Karachi. Which is called’ Gulshan-e. Bagh '(both
words mean the same thing in Urdu, like' Nan Roti 'and' Chai tea').
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