
In the United States, the alleged creator of the scandalous film "Innocence of Muslims" was arrested by Zakula Basili Pokula, reports Reuters. The hacker was previously convicted of financial fraud. In 2011, he received early release, one of the conditions of which was a ban on the use of pseudonyms and the Internet without the permission of the supervisory authorities. In the near future, the court in California will consider the case of Nakuly and decide whether he violated these conditions.
The amateur film "Innocence of Muslims", in which the Prophet Muhammad is represented by a fraudster and homosexual, caused a wave of indignation in the Islamic world. In Egypt, Bangladesh, Sudan, Pakistan and many other countries, demonstrators conducted a number of attacks on American diplomatic departments. As a result, dozens of people died, and several hundred were injured. The US ambassador was killed to Libya. After Google refused to delete the video from YouTube, some countries blocked access to the entire video portal.
The day before, it became known that the largest social network "VKontakte" in Russia deleted the trailer for the scandalous film "Innocent Muslims", leaving only videos about this picture. Last week, the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office warned VKontakte LLC about the inadmissibility of violation of the legislation on countering extremist activities due to the film "Innocent Muslims". As representatives of the social network then said, they will not delete this video from the site to a court decision.
The Tver court of Moscow appointed a hearing at the request of the prosecutor's office with a request to recognize the film "Innocent Muslims" as extremist. Earlier, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported the preparation of the claim for recognition as extremist this film. Roskomnadzor, in turn, called on telecom operators to block the access of their subscribers to the film before the court’s decision.