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Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 15, 2020
A fear mongering copypasta meme made its way around social media, raising anxiety.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Dec. 15, 2020
A conspiracy theorist’s video claimed the recently deceased Epstein was spotted at his ranch.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 14, 2020
A strange online death hoax about Clint Eastwood's net worth purportedly leaving his family "in ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
Dec. 14, 2020
The 4-year-old supposedly disappeared one day while his mom was at work.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 14, 2020
Pretending to cast a ballot is not the same thing as casting a ballot.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 14, 2020
The "Mentos effect" is a real phenomenon, but can it really cause this much damage?
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 14, 2020
We've seen a lot of misleading headlines in our time, but this one is definitely up there.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 14, 2020
One famous person was not among the many people Trump indicated an intention to pardon.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 12, 2020
A photograph of "Terminator 3" star Nick Stahl was misleadingly used to illustrate a third-party ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 11, 2020
An online ad promoting a list of restaurants closing in 2020 may have stopped breadstick-lovers ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 11, 2020
Disney theme parks have been the subject of countless rumors since Disneyland first opened in An ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 11, 2020
A 2009 hoax video designed to show how easy it is to spread misinformation continued to be a sou ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 10, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump demonstrated in December 2020 that one can move the goal posts and s ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 10, 2020
A right-wing social media activist saw evidence of conspiracy where there was none in photograph ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 10, 2020
A TikTok video that promised "How to Unlock Anybody's iPhone" was viewed millions of times.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 10, 2020
Titanic sank on the morning of April 15, 1912, ushering in a series of theories and hoaxes for m ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 10, 2020
Actor Richard Gere was the subject of yet another internet death hoax. This time, it was about h ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 9, 2020
Beware of imitations -- many poll workers look alike.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 9, 2020
It may be hard to believe in the age of social media, but someone's wanting privacy doesn't make ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 9, 2020
There's no law that requires a candidate to win both Ohio and Florida in order to become preside ...
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