The spread of fake news about Manchester United has become financially lucrative for some individuals, with a Nigerian student and an Albanian businessman in NYC identified as profiting from creating fictitious transfer stories on Facebook. The fake news has led to financial losses for photographers and journalists. TheAthleticFC revealed that stories about Manchester United, including false claims about signings like Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior, are generating income for content creators. The issue of content theft and lack of attribution to original journalists has also been highlighted by various individuals, emphasizing the need for proper credit and protection of journalistic work.
🚨⚪️ EXCL — La Liga president Javier Tebas on Kylian Mbappé: “I said it was around 50% some weeks ago, now is even more”. 55/60% chances? “Yes, I think so”. 🇫🇷 “Every day that passes and Mbappé does not sign the new contract with PSG, the percentage increases”. https://t.co/fdpdAQQzFi
In the past two weeks, I have seen people steal + profit off of the work of amazing journalists like @AliBradleyTV, @Slatzism, @nickshirleyy, @CabelloAuden, and countless others with ZERO attribution I believe you should want as many eyes as possible on a good story, regardless…
Community Notes should be crediting original journalists/sources for stories and videos So much content theft with zero attribution In the meantime, I encourage journalists to put watermarks that can’t be cropped over your videos.
The content thieves on this platform need to be demonetized. Such a shame that so many journalists are having hard work ripped from them so these content bandits get a paycheck!
Did you know Man Utd have agreements in place to sign Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior? No? Well, that's because they don't. Stories about the club go viral everyday and many of them are fake. But for some, they've become an income stream. https://t.co/Cs4UEgutmk https://t.co/uztoD2QYKw
From @TheAthleticFC: Stories about Manchester United go viral every day. Many of them are utter nonsense. This fake news on one of the world's biggest clubs is financially lucrative. We tracked down those making money out of making things up. https://t.co/rlbZ6mST3J
News: we spoke to a Nigerian student and an Albanian businessman in NYC who pump out fake Manchester United transfer news on Facebook to make money. Photographers and journalists say football fake news ruins their livelihood. #mufc With @AndyMitten https://t.co/wYXK9lDI2Y
Fake Manchester United news: Tracking down the people making thousands out of fictitious stories. With @josephmdurso for @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/D4loHIALnp