Justin Timberlake tweet gets Poo Crave account shut down

[stupickles]

Misinformation about Justin Timberlake's arrest from a PopCrave parody account spreads like wildfire online https://t.co/Foa7snyewM pic.twitter.com/nCqkuDIu3i
- The Daily Dot (@dailydot) June 20, 2024

The Pop Crave parody account Poo Crave was temporarily shut down after their tweet about Justin Timberlake went viral and fooled many people into

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RIP

[stewie_e]

RE: RIP

[mayjailer]

i know people here find this hilarious, but it's honestly concerning and embarrassing lol. this is not the same as ontd doesn't read.

[primimproper]

Can it be both?

[mayjailer]

[lulufairybubble]

It sucks to have to seemingly side with Timberlake, but you really can't just say shit like that. Like in South Korea, you can be telling the truth and still get sued for defamation. So you really have to know where the line is for your own protection.

But on a more important, non Timberlake focus, I'm very concerned for how many fell for it. Especially with the election coming up people not being able to decipher between legit media and non is very concerning.

[imnotasquirrel]

And so many people who fall for blatant parody will go, "Well, the scary part is that it sounded so much like it could have been true!" And 9 times out of 10 it's like... no, it was obviously a joke, you're just media illiterate.

[allmylines]

i lived it, ontd:(

the tweet was shared in a group chat i’m in and i foolishly believed it. don’t be a fool like me!!!

[allmylines]

to be clear (bc i feel preemptively called out by the comments already, oop @ me) i only bought it for 5 mins until i noticed it said poo crave and not pop crave. and i didn't share it with anyone!

[tanglespiders]

don’t worry, a lot of ontd was fooled

[amor143x]

I too was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray!!!

[mayjailer]

good

[queencersi]

Fuck Justin Timberlake, but people that deliberately spread misinformation need to be called out.