Dan Evon
Dan Evon worked at Snopes between October 2014 and July 2022. Evon is a Chicago-based writer who has been sifting through the sludge of social media since 2009. Prior to joining the editorial staff at Snopes.com, he was the editor-in-chief of Social News Daily, a senior writer for The Inquisitr, and covered motorcycle racing for All About Bikes Magazine.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 11, 2016
A fake photograph purportedly shows a warning sign in Australia indicating that Pokemon Go playe ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 11, 2016
A fake Twitter conversation between Donald Trump and Serena Williams circulated after the tennis ...
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July 11, 2016
The streaming music service Pandora caused controversy by posting a message using the hashtag #B ...
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July 10, 2016
Philando Castile once had his mugshot taken after a traffic arrest, but that is not proof he was ...
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July 10, 2016
Reports that His Holiness endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump originated wit ...
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July 10, 2016
A false rumor holding that actor Nicolas Cage passed away in a motorcycle accident circulated in ...
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July 10, 2016
A Facebook-driven celebrity death hoax held that wrestler John Cena had died in a car accident.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 9, 2016
A hoax news article reported that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had threatened to leave the Supreme Court ...
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July 9, 2016
An article published shortly after Philando Castile was killed by police officers in Minnesota f ...
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July 8, 2016
A viral Facebook posting by Steven Hildreth Jr. tells a true story about an uneventful interacti ...
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July 8, 2016
Reports that a pride of lions had killed a group of poachers in Zimbabwe came from a hoax news a ...
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July 8, 2016
Articles published in the aftermath of Alton Sterling's shooting death reported that he was a ga ...
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July 7, 2016
A troll Twitter account started a false rumor that a neo-Nazi named Jeffrey Harris was responsib ...
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July 7, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing that 'The Simpsons' animated television series predicted the ad ...
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July 7, 2016
A spectacular 'ladder' fireworks display captured on video was a real event and not digitally cr ...
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July 7, 2016
A years-old image purports to show a man who was fatally shot by police in July 2016.
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July 7, 2016
A message posted on Facebook claims that a "purge" is being planned in Baton Rouge on 9 July 201 ...
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July 7, 2016
A fake news article reported that a teenager was stabbed after accidentally wandering into a bad ...
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July 6, 2016
According to unsubstantiated reports, the oldest person in the world is nearly 200 years old and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 6, 2016
Shortly after Alton Sterling was killed by Baton Rouge police, a rumor appeared on social media ...
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