To think this is a useful reminder to all of us about social media and fake news

[PurpleParrotfish]

Apparently the “Andrew Tate was only arrested because of the pizza box in his video” story was invented by a Twitter user and wasn’t in the original Romanian news report. www.calmdownben.com/p/romanian-cops-did-not-find-andrew

If you’re not on Twitter or haven’t seen the various MN threads about this, AT is a misogynist ‘influencer’ who got into a Twitter spat yesterday with Greta Thunberg and in an unexpected twist was then taken into custody in Romania on allegations of human trafficking.

The article shows how fake news spreads, and while it might be trivial compared to e.g. political allegations that can swing elections, I think it’s a useful reminder we should all be careful when sharing stories online, especially the ‘top good to be true’ ones! Facts matter.

I do take your point.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64122628, the BBC agrees the pizza delivery element is likely not true.

However. Mr Tate HAS been detained. That element is true.

The trick is not to believe anything from any social media full stop .

It's all bollocks with an agenda

There's no proof that the pizza box didn't reveal his whereabouts either.

The whole thing is hilarious, regardless of how much of the getting arrested story is true.

MSM is no more reliable or honest than social media, and if brexit didn't teach people anything then stories about how Andrew Tate got arrested isn't doing to either.