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Instagram Very Ironically Declares Betoota Advocate Is Sharing 'False Information'

Instagram Very Ironically Declares Betoota Advocate Is Sharing 'False Information'

Well...this is awkward.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

Instagram has been on the warpath to flag any and all instances of false information being shared on the platform.

That mission has only but ramped up during the pandemic in the hopes it will cut down on users posting content that is straight up misleading. It has a dedicated team of fact checkers who comb through content to make sure it stacks up.

However, it seems like two teams have flagged the satirical Aussie page Betoota Advocate for a post.

It shouldn't take much to see why this is equal parts hilariously brilliant and hilariously ironic. Of course a satirical page will get pulled up for 'false information' considering it's never actually reporting fact.

The post that was pulled up was titled 'Adelaide Winemakers Report Thousands Of Spoiled Vats After Sharp Increase In Sour Grapes.

Betoota Advocate/Instagram

The story was meant to be poking fun at the idea that the AFL Grand Final had officially been moved to Queensland due to the second wave of coronavirus infections making Victoria too unsafe.

The rest of the article was stock standard Betoota, however fact checkers from USA Today and US-based Factcheck.org thought it didn't stack up to reality.

As a result, the post on Instagram has been blurred out with a message to followers that it has been flagged for 'False Information' and it repeats information about Covid-19.

People in the comments section couldn't believe it had happened, with one user writing: "Why the hell has this been fact checked haha."

Another added: "That this post is getting fact checked as fake news makes it 100x funnier."

A third said: "Apparently USA today don't think your facts are correct so I shouldn't read this article. Who the bloody hell woulda thought it?"

The fact checkers allege that the post is in a similar format or content to posts that claim the coronavirus was man-made or bioengineered.

Featured Image Credit: Betoota Advocate/Instagram

Topics: Viral, News, Australia