• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    Im gonna keep adding this, because it keeps getting posted like this.

    France declares state of emergency, bans TikTok in New Caledonia amid deadly riots

    This is the actual headline. Can you not cut off part of the headline in a way that makes it misleading?

    Yes this is still a fucked up situation, but the modified headline makes it seem like all of France is in a state of emergency and banned TikTok nationwide.

    • Five@slrpnk.netOP
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      6 months ago

      The title is auto-populated from the site’s meta information. The meta title is usually the same as the article title. In this case it’s not:

      
      

      There’s no conspiracy to report deceptive headlines; it’s probably just an alternate title in the website code that wasn’t changed with the other content after the article was already in print.

      Also, where else has this been posted? I don’t see any cross-posts.