SELFIE lovers have been freaking out over claims that Snapchat might cease to exist next week.

Rumours are rife that it could shut down entirely by November 14.

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But fear not, the photo-sharing app has made clear it's here to stay.

Last night it stated it was "not shutting down" insisting the rumours are nothing more than "#fakenews".

It all stemmed from a dodgy article which has been circulating on social media since last week.

The report claimed Snapchat chief executive Evan Spiegel would be shutting down his creation this month.

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It read: "The CEO Evan Spiegel of the very popular app Snapchat has released that Snapchat will be removed from all app stores by November 14, 2017.

"According to Fox News Media Evan has decided to make this decision due to copyright and legal issues with Facebook, Instagram, and Musical.ly. By the date November 14, 2017 all Snapchat apps with [sic] be removed from all devices and all app stores.

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If that wasn't enough to send Snapchatters into an utter meltdown, it added that "all data and media associated with the app will also be deleted".

Upon clicking through the article readers were shown a message reading "you got owned".

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The pranksters relied on the fact articles are often shared on social media without being read by the person linking to it - meaning plenty were duped into believing the lie.

Channel45News.com, where the Snapchat rumour originated from, is a prank site that entices people to click.

While Snapchat is not disappearing entirely, the app has suffered outages in the past, including yesterday when it went offline for several hours.

Meanwhile, Facebook is trying to rid itself of fake news after it admitted that 126 million people saw Russian propaganda ads.

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