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[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 79 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Not to be a party pooper, but where tf are you folk hearing about this? I can't get a fact check on this story anywhere. msn.com "reporting" what people are sharing on social media doesn't count, as Yankee mass media cannot be trusted any more than Russian.

This feels very disinfo to me - using the black female president of another country to accelerate the race war in the USA. Just because it's something I like to hear, or something I agree with, doesn't mean it's legit.

What I have found, from The Namibian today,

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has slammed circulating claims that Namibia is planning to deport 500 American citizens, calling the allegations false and urging the public to be vigilant of fake social media posts.

A press release issued by the Presidency on Wednesday said it has noted with concern the circulation of social media posts and online articles alleging that Nandi-Ndaitwah ordered the deportation of the American nationals on the grounds of visa reciprocity.

The statement pointed out that various social media accounts circulated this fabrication attributed to the president. “These posts feature fabricated quotes and images containing misinformation and disinformation intended to tarnish the image of the president, the Namibian government and to create potential diplomatic embarrassment,” it read.

I hope everyone holds off sharing this "story" til a reliable site backs it up. There's a reason it's posted as a text image in a humour community, and not on worldnews or something.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 14 points 5 days ago

Thank you. I was trying to figure out if this was a fake story in !funny or a true funny story.

@cm0002@lemmy.world would you mind adding a [fake news] mention?

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

Thanks for this.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

This feels very disinfo to me - using the black female president of another country to accelerate the race war in the USA.

Yeah - this seems designed to go on Facebook to bait “lol Namibia isn’t even a real country” and comments about her physical attractiveness.

Exactly. It'll rile up the "eating dogs and cats" nazis, for sure. But just like here, it'll get amplified as well by people who love the idea of Namibia kicking Yankees out of the country, or who are just excited to contribute commentary about Namibia's awesome, stylin' Pres.

And anyone deliberately amplifying it can easily post a link to Namibia's visa requirement changes, knowing hardly anyone's going to click through, much less check the details. Sucks that she had to take time out of her workday to issue the denial. It's so frigging frustrating. I'd like to post her press release everywhere as a heads-up, but I know the accelerationists want that as well (they don't care about sides, just making the talking point louder).

Not trying to preach to the choir or educate here; just venting.

[–] yarr 1 points 5 days ago

What an odd coincidence. I recently got off a long phone call with my uncle, who works at Nintendo. He was discussing a secret "easter egg" in Super Metroid that if you do it you get to see Samus Aran topless at the end of the game. In an amazing coincidence, he mentioned this exact story and can vouch for the veracity of it.