READERS’ FORUM

Bhaskar Poddar

Social media needs to be governed by legal laws

This refers to the online story, Will Earth soon experience 15 days of total darkness? (November 2). Reports claiming such freaky incidents are all over the social media. There is an urgent need for the blogosphere to function under an umbrella of legal norms. Rumours and outright misinformation rule the roost. False stories are published in such a way that most laymen fall for it. This is leading to weird interpretation of scientific advances. It’s more about entertainment than any other reason-based stories that gullible people are taking to be true. All sorts of conspiracy theories abound making it hard for children to know what is actually true. — Sara Taheri, Muscat Scan this QR code to send letters to the Readers’ Forum, containing not more than 200 words with full name, address and telephone number, may be sent by mail (Times of Oman, P.O. Box 770, P.C. 112, Ruwi).

Is all well in the dressing room of the Pakistani cricket team?

This refers to the online story, Anderson shines as Pakistan bowled out for 234 (November 1). In my opinion, Pakistan’s batting performance was dismal. It seems that the South Asian side is repeating its pattern of complacency, as the team is leading the series 1-0. Such a turn of events could also mean all is not well in the dressing room. Hopefully, as the match progresses, my gut feeling is proven wrong. — Sebastien Abbott, Mawaleh