Has Justin Bieber died in a car crash? No. But that doesn’t stop Facebook users spreading the “news”

Before you start sobbing, let me tell you the good news.

Justin Bieber hasn’t died in a car crash.

Phew! I’m sure we’re all relieved about that. Not least Mister Bieber himself.

But what if you had heard on the grapevine that the pint-sized heart-throb had come to a grisly end? How would you have confirmed the news?

Chances are, these days, that you might have Googled for an appropriate phrase like “bieber dies in car crash”. And look what the very first search result is…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the anti-virus industry having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent security analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of computer security, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter at @gcluley, on Mastodon at @[email protected], or drop him an email.