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Pakistani man living in Australia describes ‘nightmare’ of wrongly being labelled as Bondi attacker (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Suffa@lemmy.wtf to c/world@quokk.au

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Many of the accounts that were sharing his image falsely were from India, as right-wing influencers seized on the alleged origin of the shooter as proof of Pakistan’s terror connections, without fact-checking whether it was the correct man they were vilifying.

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[–] bonenode@piefed.social 7 points 3 months ago

Lmao, disable social media. And then he tries to enter the US next and is asked about why he doesn't have social media. The world we live in is truly marvelous.

Also, there is no way to truly disable these accounts. Others likely can still tag him, send him hateful messages. The dude just doesn't see it, is that really better?