example 9 | #SaveTwitter hoax text
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cpit3mCWgAEgcpx.jpg
BRADTHELADLONG HAS MADE TWITTER CLOSE DOWN.
#SaveTwitter hoax text
PG-13
Concept | Media
@Ollie_Ostrich
2016-08-10
40.1 kB
jpeg
copypasta | hoax/scam
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On August 11th, 2016, the hashtag "#SaveTwitter" began trending as users spread a rumor that the site was shutting down in 2017 due to poor financial standing and its issues with cyberbullying. Shortly after, an image of text that suggested @BradTheLadLong had caused Twitter to shut down in 2017 began circulating.
https://twitter.com/BradTheLadLong/status/763542246499069953
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/twitter-shutting-down-in-2017 | https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/save-twitter-site-is-not-shutting-down-in-early-2017-because-of-cyber-bullying-but-everyone-thinks-a7184926.html
No known rights information.
https://twitter.com/Ollie_Ostrich
Twitter (Firm) | Hoaxes | Hoaxes in mass media | Cyberbullying
StillImage
the project.
This is a metadata project undertaken for the Fall 2019 LIS 60637 Metadata Architecture and Implementation course, developed and taught by Dr. Marcia Lei Zeng at the School of Information, Kent State University.
© 2019 by L.P. Coladangelo, MLIS student at the School of Information, Kent State University