India Covid-19: AI shows Pakistani Twitter prayed for neighbour
By Geeta Pandey
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It is perhaps not surprising that the fractious relationship between historic adversaries India and Pakistan has spilled over into social media in recent years.
But at the end of April, as India struggled with a ferocious second wave of Covid-19, citizens on either side of the border shelved their barbs in favour of supportive hashtags like #IndiaNeedsOxygen and #PakistanStandsWithIndia.
Experts say it is well known that supportive hashtags do not always mean positive tweets - users often hijack them for anything from trolling to wishing happy birthday to a cricketer or Bollywood star.