US Edition« Un Tweet Maltranslaté » : in Court, Algerian "Influencer" Lawyer Imad Tintin Pleads Relaxation
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The reality of the words spoken in Arabic by the influencer "Imad Tintin", on TikTok in January, was largely nuanced by the translation of an expert.
Imad Ould Brahim, alias Imad Tintin on TikTok, was tried this Friday in Grenoble (Isère), for provocations to an act of terrorism. The prosecution finally felt that the charges had to be reduced because of translation problems.
Initially prosecuted for directly provoking an act of terrorism committed by means of an online public communication service, the Algerian influencer Imad Ould Brahim, said Imad Tintin, who was arrested in Echirolles on 3 January, was tried on Friday 23 May in the Grenoble Correctional Court. The prosecutor requested a requalification of the facts as a threat to commit a crime or an offence against the person and demanded a sentence of six month…
The case of the Algerian influencer, judged for controversial statements, is now based on the interpretation of his statements in dialectal Arabic. The judicial debate around the Algerian influencer known under the pseudonym "Imad Tintin" took an unexpected turn because of the differences between the different translations of his words. Juged for "direct provocation to an act [...] L-article "Imad Tintin" before the court: the battle of translat…
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