AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAs authorities battle against the novel coronavirus — which has so far infected 21 people in Pakistan — they also need to address the flow of fake news that is feeding national paranoia by spreading disinformation.An example is a fake Twitter account @MinHealthpk, which is designed to look like Pakistan’s Ministry of National Health Services and has become a source of headlines in the Indian media.The account was created in September 2019 and has recently been regularly posting false updates about the coronavirus situation in...…AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAs authorities battle against the novel coronavirus — which has so far infected 21 people in Pakistan — they also need to address the flow of fake news that is feeding national paranoia by spreading disinformation.An example is a fake Twitter account @MinHealthpk, which is designed to look like Pakistan’s Ministry of National Health Services and has become a source of headlines in the Indian media.The account was created in September 2019 and has recently been regularly posting false updates about the coronavirus situation in...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementKARACHI: While the world observed Telecommunication and Information Society Day on Sunday (May 17), social networking site Twitter was inaccessible to users in Pakistan for almost two hours.The platform’s website, app and video streaming service Periscope were inaccessible across the country from around 10pm till 1.30am, with news feeds refusing to refresh.Despite this, #TwitterDown was the top trend in the country, with multiple users using VPNs to report the outage on Twitter.However, Twitter said the disruption to services in the region...…AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementKARACHI: While the world observed Telecommunication and Information Society Day on Sunday (May 17), social networking site Twitter was inaccessible to users in Pakistan for almost two hours.The platform’s website, app and video streaming service Periscope were inaccessible across the country from around 10pm till 1.30am, with news feeds refusing to refresh.Despite this, #TwitterDown was the top trend in the country, with multiple users using VPNs to report the outage on Twitter.However, Twitter said the disruption to services in the region...WW…