Experts warn of xenophobia as viral 'foreigner theft' video in Japan turns out to be unrelated clip

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Social media posts claiming to show foreigners stealing metal from railway tracks in Japan, viewed about 4.3 million times, used footage lifted from an unrelated Arabic-language video posted overseas, a Tokyo cybersecurity firm has found.

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