#SaveTwitter: Tweeters go into meltdown as hoax wrongly claims the social network will close in 2017

Twitter users have been duped into thinking the social network is closing down in 2017 thanks to a hoax hashtag.
#SaveTwitter has been the number one trend in the UK and the US this morning (11 August), despite Twitter confirming to The Drum and other publications that there is no truth to the rumours.
The claims appeared to imply that Twitter has being shut down because of its ongoing issues around abuse and bullying online, which it has been making moves to combat.
While the origins of the spe