Syrian refugee Anas Modamani accompanied by his lawyer Chan-Jo Jun attends a court session against Facebook over a selfie with Merkel at the district court in Wuerzburg, Germany February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
WUERZBURG, Germany: A Syrian refugee whose selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been repeatedly manipulated to link him to violent jihad, took Facebook to court on Feb 6 for spreading defamatory fake news.
Anas Modamani, 19, says the US social media giant has failed to take down doctored images and posts that have falsely linked him to, among other things, deadly Islamist attacks in Brussels and Berlin last year.
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