Twitter kills off Kanye West

Twitter, the much-hyped online social networking service, is now exploring the wonderful world of fake news. Following the "is it really newsworthy?" spectacle of its five billionth tweet, Twitter demonstrated why it's not a reliable news source as a celebrity death hoax echoed through the twitterverse.

This time, the victim was Kanye West, and the news of his death may have been inspired by a Spike Jonze-directed video of the star stabbing himself. With the addition of a fictitious Fox News-styled homepage announcing West's end (you can see a screenshot of the page here), the tale of the singer's demise quickly gained momentum. Needless to say, West and his girlfriend Amber Rose were not amused.