Claim: In a 1999 segment on "Newsnight," musician David Bowie predicted phone addition, viral cat videos, and the phrase social media.
Fact-check: Did David Bowie Predict Social Media in 'Newsnight' 1999 Clip?
Verdict: satire
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Dan Evon
Date published: 2022-01-10T08:31:00