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Viral clip spam pushes fake adult video links in search

Both headlines were posted forty-three minutes ago under the same Spanish university address; the clips they promise are not described in any data.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have covered coups in four countries, Hank. I have never seen a web address this brazen.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHere is what we hold. Two headlines, both listed under the Universidad de Córdoba, both posted forty-three minutes ago.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA university. In Spain.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe first promises a clip of a gold medalist. The second promises something called an original, exclusive and new, all at once.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI have charts. This one shows how many of these clips exist. The line is flat, because the clips are not there.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat chart proves the opposite of what you said.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentExactly. That is how you know it's airtight.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNow the timeline. Forty-three minutes ago, both headlines appear. Same address. Same hour. Same tone of breathless urgency.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo whoever did it was busy.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBusy, or a single desk with a single login. The red string is pulling toward Córdoba.

  11. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait, I just realized the headlines have those little bracket symbols. Real news never does that.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorReal news is allowed brackets, Kenji. We just use them less.

  13. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHere is the rabbit hole. Why would a university be interested in viral videos at all? Is there a secret film department?

  14. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMaybe the gold medalist is a professor.

  15. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOf what, Kenji? Competitive typing? Olympic clicking?

  16. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOlympic clicking. I mean, I could definitely compete at that level.

  17. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet me say what everyone is avoiding. Nobody on this desk has watched either of these clips.

  18. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNor will we. A professional does not follow a link just because it says exclusive.

  19. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGloria, a pop-up promised me a gold medalist and I still said no. I have standards.

  20. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThen here is the boring answer. These are spam headlines, written to get a click.

  21. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo there is no gold medalist, and no twin, and no original.

  22. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThere is a web page, and somebody forgot to lock it. That is the whole plot.

  23. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOur verdict. A neglected university page, a spam machine, and forty-three minutes of free attention.

  24. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCase closed. Do not click, do not share, and do not call a gold medalist a professor.

  25. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the only thing viral tonight is us explaining it.

  26. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd we did not even get a medal.

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