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On 10 September 2015, the Breaking News 13 web site (later replaced by the similar Now8News web site) published an article reporting that Casey Anthony, who was controversially acquitted in 2011 on charges of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, had been found bludgeoned to death at an Ohio highway rest stop: This report was false: Casey Anthony (who is now 33) has not died. Breaking News 13 (and its successor, Now8News, which also published this article) is one of many fake news sites on the Internet that mimic the appearance of local television news outlets and publish fictitious stories masquerading as real news accounts in order to lure in readers and thereby generate social media shares and advertising revenue — and because of her controversial stature, Casey Anthony is a favorite subject for eyeball-grabbing headlines. In fact, in February 2016 news accounts reported that a photography business had just been set up in South Florida under Casey Anthony's name.
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