German court hears Syrian's 'selfie with Merkel' case against Facebook

A German court will on Monday hold its first hearing in the case of a Syrian refugee who is suing Facebook after the social networking site declined to remove all posts linking him to crimes and militant attacks. The posts feature a picture showing Anas Modamani, a 19-year-old from Damascus, taking a selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel in September 2015 at a refugee shelter in the Berlin district of Spandau. Modamani's image was subsequently shared on Facebook on anonymous accounts, alongside p