Markus Notch Persson not dead from drug overdose: Minecraft founder is latest death hoax targe

Markus Persson, better referred to as Notch, is the billionaire creator of Minecraft. A death hoax story claimed that the 39-year-old online game programmer is dead from a drug overdose at his home. However, Notch is alive and was once energetic on his Twitter account yesterday.

It is unclear the place the faux news story originated from however several links on Twitter and Facebook claim that Markus ‘Notch’ Persson is dead. To make the hoax appear reputable, the pretend story claiming he died from a drug overdose hyperlinks to a CNN article about Robert Mueller with a shortened URL.

https://twitter.com/YepyepYiha/status/1133849117124382721

https://twitter.com/Scriptz15/status/1134274724391989249

The false experiences about the billionaire online game developer ended in many fanatics fearing that he had passed away.

Persson sold Minecraft to Microsoft in 2014, and spoke about the duration right through an interview with Forbes the following year.

Persson has since courted controversy because of his political opinions.

The Billionaire sport dressmaker also expressed in 2015 that his wealth made him feel remoted and depressed, in step with the New Zealand Herald. It seems just like the hoaxers appeared to take advantage of his past statements to make a drug overdose hoax seem believable.

Markus Persson is the latest in a string of famous person death hoaxes to have made the rounds on social media this yr. Although Facebook and Twitter have introduced that they are tackling unsolicited mail and faux news, many hoax stories proceed to attempt on social media platforms.

Markus ‘Notch’ Persson is alive and smartly

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