Supporting Kashmir cause on social media: Pakistan takes up Twitter, Facebook accounts' suspension issue
On the other hand, Facebook has only partner in Pakistan as mentioned on its website: AFP Pakistan.
(Web Desk) – Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor stated on Sunday that the Pakistan authorities have taken up the case of suspension of Twitter and Facebook social media accounts which had been posting in support of Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK).
"Pakistan authorities have taken up the case with Twitter and Facebook against suspending Pakistani accounts for posting in support of Kashmir. Indian staff at their regional headquarters is the reason," Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor stated through his personal Twitter account on Sunday.
He also invited the social media users to share information about the accounts that had been suspended. Gen Asif’s statement comes as #StopSuspendingPakistanis was trending on Twitter in Pakistan.
Over the last one week, multiple Pakistanis have taken to Twitter to report that accounts were being suspended after they posted about Kashmir.
Earlier this week, the Twitter account of a local English newspaper correspondent was suspended after he responded to a tweet from Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Facebook has the greatest number of fact checking partners in India, followed by the United States, according to the Poynter Institute. The numbers, Poynter said, are a reflection of where the majority of Facebook’s users are situated. There are 250 million Indian Facebook users.
According to Facebook, the organisations which have partnered with the social media giant for fact checking purposes in India include, AFP India, Boom, Fact Crescendo, Factly, India Today Fact Check, Newsmobile Fact Checker, The Quint, Vishvas.News.
On the other hand, Facebook has only partner in Pakistan as mentioned on its website: AFP Pakistan.
