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Police in Pakistan have arrested the owner of Channel3Now, a news aggregator which shared false information about a mass stabbing in Southport which authorities believe was linked to the outbreak of riots across the UK. Farhan Asif was arrested in Lahore after he was linked to the website, which presented news under the pretence of a local American news channel. Previous versions of the website were known as Fox 3 Now, among others, until Fox Media filed a lawsuit. An article from Channel3Now was widely shared on social media in late July after claiming the suspect in the Southport mass stabbi…

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