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Info War
Why is it in news?
- Many of the ‘Chinese’ accounts on social media which spread false information about the border clash with India have been traced to Pakistan, in what is believed to be a coordinated disinformation campaign aimed at India.
Details:
- The India-China border tensions in the Galwan Valley, sparked a first-of-its-kind information war on social media, where Indian and Chinese accounts on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube traded images and videos in an effort to both capture the narrative and the attention of the media.
- Many of the accounts that posed as China-based users were actually Pakistani accounts.