A day after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared it's a "crazy idea" that fake Facebook news may have influenced the election – never mind the persuasive power of its ads – the web giant took to issuing fake death notices.
The piffling cyber-sideshow of holiday photos and made-up headlines plastered remembrance banners atop an undisclosed number of profile pages, including Zuckerberg's. "We hope people who love Mark will find comfort in the things others share to remember and celebrate his life," the banner said.
On Twitter, Facebook users offered proof-of-life, lest concerned relatives begin grieving or divvying up orphaned possessions. A few people upset with the results of the election celebrated word of their demise as the best news this week. Others, like legal scholar Orin Kerr, simply issued a correction.
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