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Pakistani Man Charged with Digital Terrorism Over Alleged Role in Spreading False Claims Linked to UK Riots

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A 32-year-old Pakistani man, Farhan Asif, has been accused of spreading misinformation on his YouTube and Facebook channels, specifically claiming that a Muslim asylum seeker was suspected of a deadly knife attack in the UK. This false information allegedly sparked days of riots targeting mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers. Asif has been arrested and charged with cyber-terrorism.

  1. Federal Investigation Agency
    1. Initial investigations indicate that his sole intent was to make money through clickbait content.
    2. He is a 31-year-old software engineer with no journalism credentials, apart from running the Channel3Now website, which served as a source of income for him.

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sources

  1. 1.The Times of India
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.CNN
  5. 5.Agence France-Presse
  6. 6.Channel 3 Now

perspectives

  1. 1.Islamic Terrorism
  2. 2.Protests
  3. 3.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
  4. 4.Riots
  5. 5.British Politics
  6. 6.Immigration to the UK
  7. 7.Stabbings

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.United KingdomGB
  3. 3.PakistanPK
  4. 4.RwandaRW
  5. 5.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Federal Investigation Agency
  2. 2.FacebookUS
  3. 3.Hamad Bin Khalifa University
  4. 4.YouTubeUS

persons

  1. 1.Farhan Asif
  2. 2.Ali Al-Shakati
  3. 3.Imran Kishwar
  4. 4.Andrew TateUS
  5. 5.Axel RudakubanaGB
  6. 6.Marc Owen Jones
  7. 7.Taylor SwiftUS

technicals

  1. 1.Islam
  2. 2.Christianity
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