Three Algerian TikTok influencers arrested in France on charges of inciting violence

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5 January 2025 at 11:31 am·1-min read

Algerian blogger Imad Tintin was arrested in Echirolles, near Grenoble, on January 3, 2025.

Three Algerian men have been arrested in France following allegations they published posts inciting violence on social media platform TikTok. The arrests come amid strained relations between France and its former colony, in the wake of the arrest of French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, and France's support of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.

French authorities on Sunday held three Algerians suspected of inciting violence in TikTok videos, with at least two of them facing terror-related charges.

The arrests come amid growing political tensions between Paris and its former North African colony.

A video blogger known as "Imad Tintin" was arrested Friday outside Grenoble after publishing a video urging followers to "burn alive, kill and rape on French territory".

The post was taken down after receiving 800,000 views but hardline right-wing Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau published a video grab on his social media accounts, condemning the publication as "vile".

A judge on Sunday placed the 31-year-old blogger under judicial supervision, Grenoble prosecutors said.

He was due to appear Monday in a fast-track trial on charges of "direct incitement of an act of terrorism", the state prosecution service said.

He was living in France on a temporary residency permit.

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