#GamerGate Critic Accused of Being Paris Attacker in Fake Viral Photo
Following the coordinated attacks in Paris, a photo of one of the alleged ISIS terrorists went viral over the weekend. Not only was this not a photo of one of the Paris attackers, but it was an edited photo of Veerender Jabbal, an outspoken #GamerGate critic.
According to BuzzFeed, the altered image of Jabbal wearing a suicide vest and holding a Quran was circulated on a Twitter account that has since been suspended. Despite the account’s being shut down, the faulty photo quickly spread across social media. It was even picked up by several pro-ISIS channels, as well as several European news agencies.
The original, unedited image was first posted back in August.
Ready: pic.twitter.com/ae9xEej4gS
— Veerender Jubbal (@Veeren_Jubbal) August 4, 2015
Not long after the photoshop went viral, Jubbal took notice when his Twitter notifications increased significantly. He then began tweeting about all the attention he was getting — from the press, from those he’d criticized in #GamerGate, and just about everyone else with a Twitter account.
People are editing, and photoshopping my selfies as if I am one of the people causing the issues/problems in Paris.
— Veerender Jubbal (@Veeren_Jubbal) November 14, 2015
You can all check the last retweets.
Let us start with basics.
Never been to Paris.
Am a Sikh dude with a turban.
Lives in Canada.
— Veerender Jubbal (@Veeren_Jubbal) November 14, 2015
This image has been used, and placed on the front page of a major Spain newspaper–putting me as one of the people behind terrorist attacks.
— Veerender Jubbal (@Veeren_Jubbal) November 15, 2015
Well, just got a phone call from a cousin in India, and they know about it; and saw the whole thing in India Times.
We might sue, I guess.
— Veerender Jubbal (@Veeren_Jubbal) November 15, 2015
This whole thing puts me in a bad position in the sense, where I could be harmed and/or hurt due to this.
This is libel from news, and TV.
— Veerender Jubbal (@Veeren_Jubbal) November 15, 2015
[h/t BuzzFeed]
[Image via Twitter]
