Twitter told to take down handles spreading fake news about Kashmir Valley

SRINAGAR | NEW DELHI: Eid al-Adha was celebrated in the Kashmir Valley as thousands offered prayers at local mosques amid curfew-like restrictions. Bigger mosques like Jama Masjid and Hazratbal were not open for prayers as concerns over fake news and rumour mongering on social media had officials on the edge.

Further, the Centre on Monday wrote to Twitter asking it to take down as many as eight handles allegedly peddling fake news and spreading misinformation about the situation in the Valley, officials said.

Later in the day, news agency PTI reported that Twitter has suspended “four handles for allegedly spreading anti-India propaganda on Jammu and Kashmir.”