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Saudi Arabia caused controversy in October 2017 by conferring citizenship on a robot named Sophia, who appeared at the Future Investment Initiative event in Riyadh. Sophia’s recognition made international headlines, wrote the Washington Post, and sparked an outcry against a country with a shoddy human rights record that has been accused of making women second-class citizens. And indeed, it didn't take long for things to turn sour, at least according to one web site. Saudi Arabia beheads first female robot citizen, read the headline on a 9 November 2017 article on the military satire site Duffel Blog. In reality, that article - like everything on Duffel Blog - is fabricated. Apart from the fact that the Duffel Blog is, by its own description in no way, shape or form a real news outlet, there is no corroboration for the beheading story from any legitimate news source. The story also contains details that are clearly intended as humorous: A survey shows 79% of Saudi Arabian men approve of the execution, along with 100% of American men named Elon Musk. Despite all this, the story still managed to fool some readers. Duffel Blog has a long record of producing fabricated and satirical military-themed articles. A disclaimer on the web site reads:
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