While the new government decried fake news pertaining to any news circulated on social media that they perceived to threaten the countrys status quo, it also deployed tactics aimed at misleading the public about its handling of anti-government protests.
Wakati ambapo serikali mpya ilijidai kulaani habari za uongo  kwa taarifa zilizosambazwa kwenye mitandao ya kijamii na ambazo waliziona kuwa tishio utawala ulio madarakani,  pia ilifanya hila ilikuupotosha umma kuhusu namna ilivyoshughulika na maandamano ya kuipinga serikali.