A Syrian migrant who posed for a selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel is suing Facebook after being falsely linked to terrorism in posts shared on the social media network. The 19-year-old took a selfie with the German leader when she visited the Berlin migrant shelter where he was then living. "Facebook is doing a very poor job with fake news," Modamani told the BBC. Jun has filed an injunction "seeking to prevent Facebook from publishing the slanderous image of the Syrian refugee Anas Modamani in the context of terrorist attacks". However, Jun claims several images falsely linking Modamani to terrorist activity are still on Facebook.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 14, 2017 16:05 UTC