That viral tweet from a “teen girl” who posted from her “LG smart fridge” is a fake. Good sleuthing from @stephemcneal:https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/dorothy-fridge-tweets …
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Not only did LG confirm to us there isn't a Twitter app for their fridges, anyone can fake their Twitter “source.” Here’s one I posted from a fake BuzzFeed fridge in 2013: https://twitter.com/passantino/status/413627293659967488?s=21 …
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Why does any of this matter? Just take a look at how many news organizations ran with this hoaxpic.twitter.com/kL4QZnERUW
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