
Pakistan
462 social media accounts blocked for violation
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The federal government has blocked around 462 social media accounts.
The accounts were allegedly involved in spreading religious confusion and negative information through the social media platforms.
The anti-extremism unit of the police said the accounts were spreading ethnic hatred on social media.
The closed accounts encircled 65 as against religious sentiments, 47 propagating against the country and 350 promoting terrorism.
The police said the remaining 1,060 accounts would also be closed at the earliest.
The police ordered the public to be away from such negative activities on the social media.
“Legal action would be taken against those involved,” the police further said.
The police alleged that the public was being provoked through negative posts by the social media users on social networking sites.
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