Some people might almost wish that was the case: a district apparently wants to shut down the internet for two weeks.
A district in Saxony-Anhalt reportedly wants to switch off the Internet for two weeks
The reason for this is that too many people believe fake news on the Internet to protect them from themselves.
But it's just an article from a joke site where everyone can create their own satirical articles.
Ostdeutscher Anzeiger reports that the Internet in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt will be completely blocked for two weeks from Saturday - because people believe too many fakes!
The article states:
“The reason is as simple as it is simple and understandable. More and more people in the Harz region believe what is written on the Internet and form their own, sometimes imaginative, opinions. In order to stop or counteract this absurd development, the Magdeburg state parliament decided today to shut down the Internet for two weeks in order to protect the population in the Harz district from themselves. A detailed press release will follow soon.”
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Write your own fake articles
We haven't explained anything about that site for a long time, but it's still there: " Paul Newsman ", a platform that allows any user to publish fake or satirical articles in various fictional magazines within seconds.
Often people just skim through the article or even just read the headline, but you actually only have to look under the article to see the small print:
“This newspaper article was created with Paul Newsman . Here everyone can publish their own satire or joke articles in various fictional magazines within seconds. Therefore, you should under no circumstances use this article as a reputable source.”
Even if you click or type on any other link to articles from a supposed newspaper, you always end up on the main page of “Paul Newsman”, where it is very clearly stated that these are not real news articles !
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Conclusion
The short article itself sounds (at least from our point of view) almost funny to be true, but apparently someone from the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt just wanted to trick their friends... but some people took it too seriously and spread the word it continued, and we started getting inquiries about it.
That's why it's always very important: check the sources !
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