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Man charged in Pakistan for alleged role in UK riot misinformation


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Police in Pakistan have charged a man with cyberterrorism for his alleged role in spreading misinformation thought to have led to widespread rioting in the UK, a senior investigator has said.

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Asif is accused of spreading misinformation from YouTube and Facebook after an attacker stabbed to death three girls and injured 10 other people on 29 July at a dance class in Southport. The false information claimed that the knifeman was an asylum seeker who had recently arrived in the UK and had a name that suggested he was Muslim.

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The irony of someone from Pakistan (a majority Muslim nation) doing this :doc:

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I'm not very surprised by this tbh....

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