NEW - Ex-Muslims claim Germany Christmas market attacker Taleb Abdul Jawad isn't ex-Muslim and was using the Islamic concept of taqiyya to hide his identity.
NEW - Ex-Muslims claim Germany Christmas market attacker Taleb Abdul Jawad isn't ex-Muslim and was using the Islamic concept of taqiyya to hide his identity.
Official government accounts have also spread fake fact checks. An official Twitter account for the Russia diplomatic mission in Geneva shared a fake debunking video claiming without evidence that "Western and Ukrainian media are creating thousands of fake news on Russia every day." The video, which has amassed almost 30,000 views, offered a "how-to" spot misinformation. However, the perpetrators of such frauds are now adopting new methods and technologies to defraud the investors. He adds: "Telegram has become my primary news source." "He has kind of an old-school cyber-libertarian world view where technology is there to set you free," Maréchal said. Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war.
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