Taco Bell Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Restaurants -Fiction!
Taco Bell Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Restaurants -Fiction!
Summary of eRumor: Taco Bell has filed for bankruptcy and will close all Taco Bell locations in 2017 and 2018. The Truth: A website that encourages users to "prank" friends with hoax news reports is behind the latest rumor that Taco Bell has filed for bankruptcy and will close all locations in 2017 and 2018. The rumor started at TopTrend.us, a website that allows readers to create fictitious headlines (like the one about Taco Bell declaring bankruptcy) and to then share them on Facebook with friends and families. Then, when people click on the link to read the actual story, it's made clear that they've fallen for a prank: [caption id="attachment_104613" align="aligncenter" width="473"]
A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:
Collected on: 05/25/2017
Social media users react to false reports that Taco Bell filed for bankruptcy and would close all locations.