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by Snopes Staff, May 12, 2026


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By Snopes Staff

Was El Paso One of the 'Most Dangerous Cities' in U.S. Before a Border Fence Was Built?

Feb. 6, 2019

What did make a difference was a flood of Border Patrol agents, who began Operation Hold the Lin ...

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Disguising Hate: How Radical Evangelicals Spread Anti-Islamic Vitriol on Facebook

May 15, 2019

A small group of radical evangelical Christians is repurposing Facebook pages and PACs to build ...

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'The Ladder Down to Hell': How Social Media Breeds Hate Speech

March 19, 2019

Following the massacre of 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, Muslims weighed in on the da ...

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Did Trump Administration 'Purge' 200,000 VA Health Care Applications?

June 7, 2019

At least 200,000 applications for veterans' health care have been closed by the Department of Ve ...

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Hiding in Plain Sight: PAC-Connected Activists Set Up 'Local News' Outlets

March 4, 2019

Star News Digital Media, Inc. may look like a media company that produces local news, but a Snop ...

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Did Louis Vuitton Sponsor 'Human Zoos' in the 1800s and Early 1900s?

March 15, 2019

Though they weren't typically billed as such, 'human zoos' were unfortunately a thing during the ...

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Was Wall Street Originally the Site of a 'Border Wall' Meant to Protect New Amsterdam?

Jan. 15, 2019

Social media memes compared a defensive wall built along the northern border of New Amsterdam du ...

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Media Firm "Providr" Allegedly Owes Money to Several Angry Facebook Publishers

July 17, 2018

The company gained prominence by asserting they were compliant with Facebook’s rules at a time w ...

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'Content Providers' Easily Find Ways Around Facebook's Rules

May 26, 2018

In March 2018, Facebook changed their policies regarding branded content, leaving many publisher ...

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