Misinformation was abound on social media amid Monday’s deadly van rampage. A Facebook post from an Alek Minassian circulated on social media Monday afternoon referred to an “incel rebellion” and invoked U.S. mass murderer Elliot Rodger. Social media users and academics were quick to question its authenticity. Fatah also tweeted another eyewitness account of a “white” driver committing a “terror attack” that garnered a paltry 124 shares. After getting backlash on social media, she defended herself and said “Lefty Twitter” was on a “witch hunt re this report.

Source: thestar April 25, 2018 02:20 UTC