New Delhi: Amid tension between India and Pakistan, India Security forces have issued a warning against false and malicious information being spread on social media and called the public to guard against such people and not to trust their stories. A tweet from the official handle of Indian Army read "False & malicious creatives & tweets from terror- sponsors are emerging. Guard against false propaganda against #IndianArmy units. Guard against Lie, Deceit & Deception of terror- sponsors,".
It is worth mentioning here that the Indian Army tweeted an image that featured fake news about it. "#MisinformationCampaign being run against #IndianArmy. False & malicious creatives & tweets from terror- sponsors are emerging. Guard against Lie, Deceit & Deception of terror- sponso," read another tweet.
On Wednesday, Indian Air Force too had issued a statement warning against misinformation available on social media on the shooting of Pakistan Air Force F-16 by India's MiG 21 Bishon fighter jet. Ir is worth mentioning here that the IAF twitter handle reiterated that Indian shot down Pakistani F-16 jet in the recent aerial combat.
For security reasons IAF has made it clear about all social media rumors that Tweet read as "Misinformation on the shooting of Pakistan Air Force F-16 by MiG-21 Bison is being spread on various social media sites. It is to be noted that IAF during the press statement on 28 Feb 19 had clarified that one F-16 of Pakistan Air Force was shot by MiG-21 Bison and it fell across the LoC,".
