ISLAMABAD – The cyber wing of the Federal Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday has created a new Twitter account to ‘identify and expose fake news and documents.’
https://twitter.com/FakeNews_Buster/status/1046781827908874240
Officials in the ministry of information and broadcasting said ‘FakeNewsBusterMoIB’ was generated following rumours of PTI lawmaker Maleeka Bokhari’s appointment as chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme.
https://twitter.com/FakeNews_Buster/status/1046727621629923330
The ministry further asked the users to beware that @FakeNewsBuster_ was a fake account, adding that the official account was @FakeNews_Buster which could be verified from the official website of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
https://twitter.com/FakeNews_Buster/status/1047001181145452546?s=19
Earlier on Monday, Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry said the person spreading fake news will be identified and action will be taken against them.
“A series of fake notifications and news is systematically spread on social media, it started from a media dinner picture and now there is a series of such rubbish,” Fawad said. “Without affecting freedom on social media, we need to take strict action against fake news.”
