Many Twitter users claimed that CNN confirmed the Australian singer had killed himself. CNN iReport is a site that allows anyone in the world to upload stories and pictures of breaking news events without any pre-vetting from CNN itself. The bogus story was posted by a user calling themselves MJTheDestroy on the site of a CNN web address. It is not the first time a fake story has been posted on Twitter by someone claiming to have been posted by CNN itself, but it is not true.”]
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/gotye-is-not-dead-despite-what-you-may-read-on-cnn-ireport/