Nearly half of the social media responses to Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani’s killing have been from “unknown” locations, setting off alarm bells within the establishment.
Analysis of Twitter, Facebook and other social media reactions for the week July 8-14 found that of a sample of 1.26 lakh responses, 54,285 or 45 per cent were from unknown geographical locations. About 49,159 responses, or 40 per cent, were from India while over 8 per cent, or 10,110, were from Pakistan according to a report by TOI.
It further noted that “This is a worrying trend because it indicates that there is a proxy war in cyber space that Pakistan is indulging in. People are tweeting or commenting in the social media space to spark off trouble and there is no accountability,” sources in the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry said.
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