Tag: uk riots
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Court acquits man charged with sparking UK riots
A local court on Monday acquitted a man who was arrested for spreading misinformation that reportedly provoked riots in the UK earlier this month. The decision came less than a week after Farhan Asif, a 32-year-old web developer and so-called journalist, was arrested in a raid on his home in Lahore.He was charged with cyberterrorism…
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Man allegedly involved in spreading fake news triggering UK anti-Muslim riots arrested in Lahore
In an interesting development, Pakistani citizen Farhan Asif was taken into custody in Lahore for being involved in spreading fake news which sparked far-right racist riots in the United Kingdom a few weeks ago. During the last few weeks, Britain witnessed dangerous, widespread, violent riots as a result of misinformation about the identity of the…