Fintas Group

Fintas Group Disinformation Attack
Date	April 2, 2015
Type	Disinformation attack
Motive	Inciting insurrection
Perpetrator	Fintas Group Hamad Al-Haroun ; Athbi Al-Fahad Al-Sabah ; Ahmed Al-Dawood Al-Sabah ; Khalifa Ali Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah ; Abdulmohsen Mohammed Al-Otaibi ; Falah Hajraf Al-Hajraf ;

The Fintas Group (Arabic: قروب الفنطاس) is a Kuwaiti dissident group named after the homonymous WhatsApp group chat its members belonged to. Their notoriety escalated on April 2, 2015, when they launched a widespread firehose of falsehood disinformation attack across Kuwait aimed at inciting insurrection. This campaign, executed through WhatsApp, disseminated messages and fabricated videos suggesting a conspiracy aimed at undermining the state’s governance and judicial system.

In response to these activities, the Kuwaiti public prosecutor initiated legal proceedings against members of the Fintas Group. They were charged with 'intentionally broadcasting abroad false and malicious news and rumors about the internal conditions of the country, and violating a means of public communication by not showing due respect to the judges.’ The outcome of these legal actions led to the conviction of several group members.

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