By Reuters Staff
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An article alleging NASA announced that the earth will go dark for six days has been shared on Facebook. This is false: the story repeats old disinformation that has previously been debunked.
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The article was published alongside a video on Nov. 30 by Daily Buzz Live (here and here), a website that has previously shared false stories such as “WikiLeaks Alien Interview – Death Does Not Exist” (here).
It was then shared on Facebook (here , here) with comments such as “If you don’t think the bible is unfolding before your eyes you better take a look at this”. Others warned in the comments that the article was fake (here).