Misleading news is circulating on the internet. Last week a fake news article was published on Steemit claiming human flesh is being served in a Japanese restaurant called "Edible Brother".

Watch the video below how the claim is invalidated in 1.5 minutes.

Explained

The hoax article was published on November 26 by the user jomano1975 who, based on his activities, masters the Spanish language.

The article with the headline "They open the first Restaurant of Human Meat in the World" is actually a thin copy of a 2016 article from the Spanish satire website La Voz Popular.

The story in question is a mix of two hoax stories, namely:

• The April fools' day prank "Japanese government approves first “ethical” human flesh noodle shop" published on April 1st, 2016.
• The picky glutton, a prank story to promote the video game Resident Evil 6.

The debunking website Snopes claims the same.

Why?

A hoaxer, someone who deliberately distributes disinformation, has in this case financial motives. But maybe he was fooled? No, a normal person checks the facts. He did not make any effort to mention sources.