Hoax That Facebook Is Shuting Down Viral
Reporting that most visited website in the U.S. Facebook will be shutting down on March 15 have gone viral across the web, causing users to question what will happen to their photos and other content that they have shared on the world’s largest social networking site.
The flurry of online chatter that the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company would shut down its servers comes just days after it had been valued at $50 billion and Goldman Sachs had invested $450 million in Facebook.
The Weekly World News, which Saturday published an article headlined “Facebook Will End March 15th! the story seems to have been perpetuated by supermarket tabloid.
Facebook founder Mr Mark Zuckerberg said in a press conference outside his Palo Alto office that Facebook has gotten out of control and the stress of managing this company has ruined his life. He need to put an end to all the madness.
The Weekly World News, which is known for stories on alien abductions and the infamous “bat boy,” also reported that the Facebook Corporation suggests that users remove all of their personal information from the website before March 15th. After that date, all photos, notes, links, and videos will be permanently erased.
Looking at trends across the web, including Google Trends and on Twitter, it appears that many are falling prey to the rumor mill.
Hundreds of other similar speculations and reports can be found across the micro-blogging site, with many users linking to articles perpetuating the report.
Facebook has yet to officially respond to the article.
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