The 20 Best Girls WhatsApp Group Link Pakistan Twitter Accounts

The threat of social media threats, whether they come in the form of an anonymous tweet, an anonymous Facebook post, or a reported threat to kill a girl, was much greater in Pakistan in 2014 than it was in 2013, Pakistan's National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) reported.

In its annual threat assessment report, NACTA noted that in 2013, just 21 instances of threats to kill were reported to the authority. But in 2014, that number jumped to 266.

#Pakistanis make up more than 50% of WhatsApp group link Pakistan tweets with those under threat from internet users 2,500 #SnapChat Pakistan victims – 80% of photos shared with the threat of killing them 1,200 Images shared under threat in Pakistan twitter list pic.twitter.com/3OkLQzFO6r — Sara Khan (@SaraKhanNews) May 27, 2016

A similar scenario played out in India too. Following the 2012 murder of student Jyoti Singh in Delhi, about 20,000 Facebook users shared content from the official account of the Social Media Brigade – a militant group with an anti-Islam agenda of girls WhatsApp group – sharing images of the young woman and threatening to murder her, India's Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court of India in February 2016.

The threats to girls on Facebook have led many to use Facebook and Twitter hashtags such as #SayNoToSexualHarassmentSoThisGirlsAreSafeAndYoungGirlsAreNotBeatenAIdonetoSayForYes&#ISupportGirlsOnGirlsTargets to offer solidarity with the victims.

#SayNoToSexualHarassmentSoThisGirlsAreSafeAndYoungGirlsAreNotBeatenAIdonetoSayForYes#ISupportGirlsOnGirlsTargets pic.twitter.com/BrdaTObc3j — Jaana Asim (@JaanaAsim) May 27, 2016

A series of WhatsApp groups, designed for sharing information and gossip on the Internet, have also provided female users a haven for girls in Pakistan and India to organize protests to challenge the violence, share information about what happened, and arrange the location of attacks so that they can take action.

The five-year-old WhatsApp is widely used in both countries and many girls have formed groups that link to information about attacks and have thousands of members.

On Sunday, 20,000 WhatsApp users gathered to mark the 20th anniversary of a Pakistani female student who was gang-raped and murdered at the hands of her attackers. A local group called the Northern Thana Girl Support Group organized a rally on Sunday outside the Northern Thana police station in north-western Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Many of the girls used their real names on Twitter to share information about the rally and reported being attacked by people who thought they were part of the protest.

#CPTWarmyGeneralComeForMePMLNlAmrZiaAmjadMajeedSitting at back akidarforbest #twarity#harshrawataslash#GhaunAlAmjidpic.twitter.com/Gz7Vj5EVX6 — Harshapriya T (@harishpratny) April 24, 2016

The government of Pakistan also issued a statement about the rally on Facebook. "It is shocking to note that some extremist elements are threatening female protesters and calling them suicide bombers," it said. "All such people and groups should be punished under the law."

Meanwhile, back in India, 20,000 women and girls, including rape victims, shared photographs and stories to mark National Women's Day last week. Most of the pictures posted were from other countries, but some were shared in India. A WhatsApp group of girls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa posted photos of girls with slogans such as "No Girls Education Is Rape," "Girls are Beautiful Like Bees," "Girls Only Bring Girls/Men Together", "Just Be Friends, Not Hoes" and "20 – 20, Find Girls to Be Beaten 20-20, Apprehend Girls to Beat 20-20, Capture Girls to Beat 20-20, etc."

After this campaign gained popularity on social media, several girls in Pakistan received threats on their WhatsApp accounts from people who saw the messages on the platform. The victims started using hashtags such as #BanWattasMobilePhoneBanToStopRapeCasesInto, #StopUsGirlsFromBecomingHoesOnInstagramOrFacebookToSaveOurGirl.