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02/10/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Syrian refugee taking Facebook to court over “fake news” photo that went viral

In 2015, a Syrian refugee by the name of Anas Modamani took a selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Since then, the photo spread across social media sites like Facebook in posts that frequently, but falsely, suggested that he was a terrorist. Modamani is now taking Facebook to court. Modamani claims that the spread of […]

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