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
June 16, 2016
A fake news article reports that a genital implant notifies spouses via cell phone alert when th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 16, 2016
A baseless claim asserting that Orlando shooting victim Patience Carter was a "crisis actor" was ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 16, 2016
A photograph of a woman sitting in a crowded stadium is often shared with anti-Muslim sentiments.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 16, 2016
A fake news article reported that Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos had revoked Donald Trump ...
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June 15, 2016
A prop from a Japanese monster movie is frequently shared as a photograph of the "world's larges ...
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June 15, 2016
A fake news web site published a fabricated photograph of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau ...
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June 15, 2016
Facebook user Pablo Reyes' eerily accurate predictions for 2016 were a hoax.
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June 15, 2016
Television evangelist Pat Robertson made controversial comments about Muslim and gay communities ...
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June 14, 2016
A 2014 claim that Fox News host Sean Hannity was getting fired began to make the rounds again in ...
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June 14, 2016
Chick-fil-A (and several other businesses) donated food and services after the June 2016 mass sh ...
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June 14, 2016
A purported photograph of a futuristic Audi truck is just a conceptual illustration.
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June 13, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing actor Kevin Hart with facial injuries suffered during a mugging ...
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June 13, 2016
Rumors of 'Karate Kid' actor Ralph Macchio's sudden death in June 2016 were just another celebri ...
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June 13, 2016
"Something" supposedly escaped from this facility's "experimentation room" and killed five people.
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June 13, 2016
An irresponsible Facebook post claimed that multiple gunmen were involved in the mass shooting a ...
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June 12, 2016
Donald Trump tweeted that he appreciated "the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terror ...
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June 12, 2016
Some Facebook users were concerned about receiving a message stating that photographs automatica ...
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June 11, 2016
A viral video purportedly shows a mother shaving her daughter's head as punishment for making fu ...
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June 11, 2016
A student with a quote from Prophet Muhammad on her graduation cap received a hug from First Lad ...
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June 10, 2016
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the country's current legal definition of bestiality only ...
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