Refuting the possibility of foreign propaganda, Dawn has reported that 72pcof the volume (410,000) under the anti-army campaigns was generated inPakistan, followed by 5pc in the UK and 4pc in the UAE. A majority of thetweets under these trends were sent from Lahore, he shared.
While the majority of the accounts participating in the campaigns use PTIbranding, such as the party flag, Imran Khan’s picture, or “PTI family” intheir bio, the party’s social media team claims no responsibility for smearcampaigns run by activists.
The PTI official Twitter account, however, is documenting instances ofthreats and “political victimisation” on the platform and providing legalsupport to its supporters. A petition challenging the harassment of PTIsocial media activists has also been filed by the party leadership.
According to Azhar Mashwani, the former focal person on digital media tothe Punjab chief minister, the FIA has arrested and raided at least fourPTI social media activists, who are not part of the official team.
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One such activist, who has allegedly been arrested according to PTIsources, trended campaigns such as #ExecuteTraitor and#LosersCantBeDefenders. His account has now been temporarily restricted byTwitter for violation of platform rules and the user has also deleted a fewtweets criticising the army.
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