ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials said on Monday that 8,723 fake accounts on social media platforms had been removed so far. The FIA officials were briefing a session of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology. It was informed that the FIA cybercrime wing had received overall 29,577 complaints regarding social media of which 9,822 related to fake accounts. During the session, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) legislator Naz Baloch criticised authorities, saying that many fake social media pages were running on her name. She raised questions over miseries of other people if the authorities failed to control and shut fake social media accounts of a lawmaker.

Source: Pakistan Today April 08, 2019 09:44 UTC