Zubair was simultaneously targeted by thousands of TekFog accounts, hundreds of bot accounts affiliated with a man who has extensive links to the BJP as well as a history of hate speech, all over a single tweet.
“If you endorse a view on social media, it becomes your view. Retweeting and saying I don’t know, doesn’t stand here. Responsibility is yours," said K.P.S. Malhotra.
Several highlighted the wide disparity between the police's treatment of personalities who routinely spew hate speech and the way the fact-checker has been taken to task for a 2018 tweet.