Pakistani social media circles continue to bear witness to an influx of fake accounts. Among a recent trend is a rise of Twitter handles posing as foreigners, often upholding claims that bear uncanny resemblance to the state’s narrative.
Recently a foreign female blogger tweeted: “No one in the world respects women as much as Pakistani men.” And not so surprisingly, all hell broke loose. Many started to share this as ‘proof’ that women are safe in the country, unlike the claims of ‘leftist and liberal’ media and activists. Meanwhile, the leftist media and personalities started bashing Katherine George over the tweet.
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New Delhi: Is Pakistan the safest country for women? One woman definitely thinks so and has no qualms in declaring it on social media. The glitch? The Twitter account was fake and was using images of a Polish blogger.
The Twitter account, allegedly being used by a ‘white’ woman named Katherine George, created a furore on social media in Pakistan Wednesday, after it was found that it was fake and was using images of Polish travel blogger, Aleks Mroz, to applaud Pakistan’s treatment of women.
The fake account had been created in February and has almost 12,000 followers. It has been regularly promoting Pakistan as among “the best tourist destinations in the world”.
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