Pakistani fake news tweets blamed for sparking UK riots
Pakistan police have arrested a man and charged him with "cyber terrorism" over his alleged role in spreading misinformation widely believed to have triggered widespread rioting in the UK earlier this month
The suspect was identified as Farhan Asif, 32, the freelance web developer behind Channel3 Now
The man is accused of spreading misinformation from YouTube and Facebook about the British teenage suspect.
The false information claimed that the suspect was a recently arrived asylum-seeker and had a name which suggested the teen was Muslim.