GUWAHATI, Nov 7 - A Facebook post by senior minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma has been flagged by the social media giant for sharing �false information�.
Sarma had yesterday shared a video on his social media accounts, including Facebook, in which supporters of rival AIUDF are purportedly raising �Pakistan zindabad� slogans.
The AIUDF supporters were welcoming their party chief and MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal and other leaders at Silchar airport.
�Look at the brazenness of these fundamentalists anti-national people who are shouting PAKISTAN ZINDABAD while they welcome MP Ajmal. This thoroughly exposes Indian National Congress which is encouraging such forces by forging an alliance. We shall fight them tooth & nail. Jai Hind,� Sarma said in his post.
The post was �liked� by 6,200 people, and shared by 1,400.
Flagging the post, Facebeek said �independent fact-checkers say this information has no basis in fact.�
The AIUDF had also clarified that the slogan was �Aziz Khan zindabad� in support of a party leader, and fact checking sites like AltNews and BoomLive had also backed their claim through independent fact checking.
As Sarma did not take down his post or issue any rejoinder, Facebook flagged his post, citing independent fact checkers debunking the video as containing false information.
Sarma has over nine lakh �likes� for his Facebook page.
GUWAHATI, Nov 7 - A Facebook post by senior minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma has been flagged by the social media giant for sharing �false information�.
Sarma had yesterday shared a video on his social media accounts, including Facebook, in which supporters of rival AIUDF are purportedly raising �Pakistan zindabad� slogans.
The AIUDF supporters were welcoming their party chief and MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal and other leaders at Silchar airport.
�Look at the brazenness of these fundamentalists anti-national people who are shouting PAKISTAN ZINDABAD while they welcome MP Ajmal. This thoroughly exposes Indian National Congress which is encouraging such forces by forging an alliance. We shall fight them tooth & nail. Jai Hind,� Sarma said in his post.
The post was �liked� by 6,200 people, and shared by 1,400.
Flagging the post, Facebeek said �independent fact-checkers say this information has no basis in fact.�
The AIUDF had also clarified that the slogan was �Aziz Khan zindabad� in support of a party leader, and fact checking sites like AltNews and BoomLive had also backed their claim through independent fact checking.
As Sarma did not take down his post or issue any rejoinder, Facebook flagged his post, citing independent fact checkers debunking the video as containing false information.
Sarma has over nine lakh �likes� for his Facebook page.
