Fake news & misinformation on Indo-Pak tension flood the social media

New Delhi: The intensifying tension between India and Pakistan since Tuesday’s air strike has turned the social media into a virtual battlefield and fact-checkers are left grappling with a deluge of misinformation and fake news.

Tweets from #BalakotAirStrike #BringbackAbhinandan, #SayNoToWar, #MiG21, #F16, #PakFakeClaim #PakistanPM had been trending all through Wednesday with unabated exchange of barbs from both sides of border. Videos of previous air-shows and photos of crashing fighter jets were being peddled as latest from both the countries on various platforms.