Facebook, Twitter sucked into India-Pakistan information war


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 03 Apr 2019

M Hanzala Tayyab, 24, a social media campaigner and cyber analyst, is seen working on computer at a local cafe in Islamabad, Pakistan March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Pakistani social media campaigner Hanzala Tayyab leads about 300 ultra-nationalist cyber warriors fighting an Internet war with arch-foe India, in a battle that is increasingly sucking in global tech giants such as Twitter and Facebook.

Tayyab, 24, spends his days on Facebook and encrypted WhatsApp chat rooms organising members of his Pakistan Cyber Force group to promote anti-India content and make it go viral, including on Twitter where he has more than 50,000 followers.

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