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A viral video of middle school bullying victim Keaton Jones turned controversial in December 2017 after his mother's Facebook posts that included photographs of the Confederate flag surfaced. In the ensuing melee, a GoFundMe page started in Keaton's honor by a third party also came under scrutiny. The web site Huzlers jumped in, publishing an article claiming that the child was robbed of luxury items that he had purchased with the GoFundMe money: There was no truth to the outlandish claim. When the Huzlers story was published on 12 December, no funds from the GoFundMe campaign had been disbursed to Keaton's family. You can read more about the controversy surrounding his mother's Facebook posts here. Huzlers is a fake news outfit, whose disclaimer boasts that it is the most infamous fauxtire & satire entertainment website in the world ... [i]f it's trending on social media you'll find it here! The notorious purveyor of fake news previously snookered social media users with fictitious tales about 15 consecutive days of darkness, cocaine in Coors Light beer, and urine in AriZona IceD Tea .
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