Facebook Users Fooled By Trick Website 'Clone Zone'

Facebook users are getting duped into believing fake stories created on a website called 'Clone Zone.' The problem snowballed into the limelight after an article, which appeared to be published by the New York Times, suggested that Elizabeth Warren endorsed Bernie Sanders for President of the United States. The article had all the trademarks of the Times, including bylines that belonged to two real reporters who work for the publication. It later emerged that the internet had indeed duped everyone thanks to 'Clone Zone,' which allows you to replicate and edit any content on the web. 'Clone Zone' told the paper that the fake news story had "been viewed more than 50,000 times, with 15,000 shares on Facebook."

The site's creators, 4 REAL, were later forced to take the user-generated report down, tweeting:

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