Naming Wi-Fi network after Isis lands teenager in trouble
A French teenager was handed a three-month suspended jail for naming his domestic Wi-Fi network after the Islamic State group,
“There was no sympathy for terrorism! There was only the word ‘Daesh21’,” said lawyer Karima Manhouli, noting he would appeal his client’s criminal conviction.
Daesh is a widely-used Arabic acronym for Isis.
The case reportedly came to court in the eastern town of Dijon after a neighbour saw the name pop up on a list of available Wi-Fi networks in July and called the police.
“There was an investigation and searches but nothing was found. There is nothing to suggest [my client] shares this ideology. On the contrary, he strenuously denies it,” Manhouli said.
The court handed the youth a suspended jail sentence after he turned down an offer of 100 hours of community service.
