Fake News Terrifies Facebook's Under-21 Crowd
In a sign that not all the young'uns have abandoned "the book," there's a fake news scam spreading like wildfire on Facebook aimed specifically at the under 21 crowd -- and if you haven't seen it yet, you will (assuming you're connected to any of the aforementioned young'uns, that is). And if you're not connected to many under-21 folks, be sure to share it so it can spread and be shared joyfully by those who are! And if you're NOT connected to many under 21 folks, be sure to share it so it can spread and be shared joyfully by those who are!
In a sign that not all the young’uns have abandoned “the book,” there’s a fake news scam spreading like wildfire on Facebook aimed specifically at the under 21 crowd — and if you haven’t seen it yet, you will (assuming you’re connected to any of the aforementioned young’uns, that is). And if you’re not connected to many under-21 folks, be sure to share it so it can spread and be shared joyfully by those who are!
A report claiming to be from ABC News, but really from a spoof site calling itself Sunday Times Daily, shared this update (pictured above).
As you can imagine, this sent people into a sharing/commenting/OhMyGodI’mJUSTturning21 tizzy.
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