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  • 2016-04-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Woman Slices Off Rapist's Genitals, Forces Him to Eat It at Gunpoint (en)
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  • On 5 April 2016 the web site News4KTLA published an article reporting that a female rape victim had cut off a rapist's genitals and then forced him to eat them: The claim spread on social media for a number of reasons. One was that the fabricated story falls neatly into the always-popular category of justice porn, presenting a narrative involving a crime and a victim who manages to turn the tables on her attacker. The second was the appropriation of Los Angeles-area outlet KTLA's call letters in the name of the site (the two sites are not related). The photograph of the purported rapist was in actuality an old mugshot taken on or before 4 October 2014, unrelated to any rape cases in April 2015. While News4KTLA carries no disclaimer warning readers its content is fabricated (its About page simply describes it as local news for southern Louisiana and the surrounding area), the site appears to be one of many fly-by-night fake news purveyors using visual and call-letter elements to trick social media users into spreading misinformation. (en)
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