NEW DELHI – Indian media is awash with articles on how Pakistan cricket captain Babar Azam was allegedly “sexting” another player’s girlfriend. The problem: It’s false news that originated in a “joke” tweet from a parody account.
The original tweet – which has since been deleted – by the “Dr Nimo Yadav” account on Jan 15 said Azam had been “sexting with gf of another Pakistan cricketer”. The Twitter handle is marked “Parody account”, but that did not stop the tweet from being viewed almost 850,000 times and being sprayed across media in India – Pakistan’s arch-rival on the cricket field and off – and elsewhere.
Internet users expressed solidarity with Azam, with #WeStandWithBabar and #StayStrongBabarAzam trending on Twitter.The parody account’s Twitter profile had a blue checkmark, with a message explaining that the account was “verified” because its owner paid for the new Twitter Blue subscription introduced by the site’s owner, Mr Elon Musk.
“I am getting a lot of abuse in DMs for me and my family. I will be careful in the future, but I don’t think I need to give a disclaimer on my tweets.”WhatsApp lynchings
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