The Jaffna Press Club expressed concern on Tuesday, regarding copycat social media accounts after it emerged a copycat Twitter account had been created asserting itself as the Jaffna Press Club.
In a statement the consortium of journalists said:
"We believe these to be yet again another pattern of distraction, intimidation and hindrance of press freedom in Jaffna."
JPC has confirmed @JaffnaPressClub as its official Twitter account.
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