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Soon after Pakistan accused India for spreading disinformation, India retaliated by saying when looking at disinformation, the best example is the "country next door which is circulating fictional and fabricated dossiers and purveys a regular stream of fake news".Indian Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava was speaking in response to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan quoting an EU disinformation lab report to accuse India of subversive activities through fake media organisations.Srivastava said that as a responsible democracy, India does not practice disinformation campaigns."In fact, if you are looking at disinformation, the best example is the country next door which is circulating fictional and fabricated dossiers and purveys a regular stream of fake news," he sa...

India called out Pakistan for propagating fake news through social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram."Malicious propaganda, misinformation, #infodemic, fake news. Call it what you may. Do read this report from the @stanfordio on motivated false propaganda from Pakistan. The truth is out for the world to see," Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations (New York) said in a tweet.A report by Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) on its investigation exposed a network of Pakistan-based Facebook and Instagram accounts that leveraged mass reporting to silence critics of Islamabad. Facebook shared a portion of this network on August 28 with the SIO which then conducted its own investigation and brought out its report."On August 31, 2020, Facebook suspended 103 Pages, 78 Groups, 453...

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Pakistan circulating fabricated dossiers, spreading fake news: India