(Morocco World News) French authorities have arrested two Algerian social media influencers on Friday, for allegedly making terrorist threats and inciting violence through TikTok videos.
The second arrest came just hours after the first one, as announced by French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.
Imad Tintin, who operates under the username “Bledar de luxe” and has 70,900 TikTok followers, was taken into custody around 7:30 p.m. in Échirolles, near Grenoble.
According to Grenoble prosecutor Eric Vaillant, he faces charges of “death threats materialized through writing, images or other objects, committed due to race, ethnicity, nation or religion.”
The arrest came after a TikTok video, which garnered over 858,000 views, showed Tintin allegedly calling for violence against opponents of the Algerian regime in France.
