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Hoax Message Warns Black Voters in Georgia of Threat of Attacks by White Supremacists

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Nov. 4, 2024

The false warnings circulated on messaging apps days before the Nov. 5, 2024, presidential election.

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1960s KGB Experiments Left Subjects 'Brainwashed' After 2 Months of 'Fear Messages'?

Written by: Caroline Wazer

Oct. 19, 2024

Some social media users suggested the claim originated from Yuri Bezmenov, a Soviet defector.

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Do Large Solar Energy Farms Create Tornados?

Written by: Jack Izzo

Oct. 13, 2024

This copypasta has been circulating the internet since 2022.

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'Goodbye Meta AI' Message Won't Stop Company from Scraping Your Data

Written by: Joey Esposito

Sept. 27, 2024

The viral message claims to protect Instagram and Facebook users against Meta using their inform ...

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Schools Don't Teach Cursive Anymore Because AI Can't Read It?

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 1, 2024

The claim also suggests that writing in cursive "connects neural pathways that are only connecte ...

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Do Large Solar Power Plants Act as 'Tornado Incubators'?

Written by: Jack Izzo

June 27, 2024

This copypasta has been spreading online since at least 2022.

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Posting This Disclaimer Will Stop Meta from Using Your Posts to Train AI Models?

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

June 18, 2024

"No further posts from me until meta decides to stop using all our posts to train their ai," one ...

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Herbert Hoover Repaid Favor to Polish Pianist Who Helped Him as Student?

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

May 30, 2024

"What goes around comes around," says the story, which has been shared for years.

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A sign shows the logo for Meta. On one side of the word is an infinity loop, while on the other side is the logo for Facebook, a white f inside a blue circle.

Posting This Notice on Your Facebook Account Will Stop Platform from Using Your Photos?

Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

May 19, 2024

Variations of this claim have been floating around the internet for more than a decade.

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'Harmful Cosmic Radiation' Will Pass Close to Earth 'Tonight'?

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 8, 2024

The April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse gave new life to old fears.

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Trump Quietly Paid Mortgage of Slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

April 1, 2024

While it doesn't appear as though Donald Trump himself ever made this claim, some of his loudest ...

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'Amazon Got Hacked': Viral Rumor Says Criminals Added Fake Locker Addresses to Accounts

Written by: Jordan Liles

Dec. 7, 2023

By email, a spokesperson for Amazon told Snopes that the issue was an "error" and that they were ...

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A Facebook rumor claimed that the @ symbol and the word highlight would show page or profile watchers.

Does Typing '@' in a Facebook Comment and Clicking 'Highlight' Reveal 'Page Watchers'?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Nov. 27, 2023

A viral post claims there is a secret way to find the Facebook friends who might be lurking on y ...

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The Apple AirDrop feature called NameDrop was the subject of multiple Facebook posts that claimed it was dangerous for a user's privacy and security.

Is iPhone AirDrop Feature 'NameDrop' Dangerous, as Facebook Posts Claim?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Nov. 27, 2023

Here's the lowdown about the Facebook warnings regarding NameDrop, an iPhone feature that debute ...

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Facebook To Charge Users $7.99 Per Month, as 'Channel 13 News' Reported?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Sept. 13, 2023

Facebook users alerted friends of the purported breaking news in copy-and-paste posts.

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Did You Receive a 'New COVID Health Advisory' Message? It's Fake

Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

Aug. 29, 2023

The viral message warns of a new strain that is supposedly "different, deadly, and not easily de ...

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'Here's How To Bypass the System' Post Is a Facebook Hoax

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 17, 2023

The Facebook hoax that never ends often brings a fair share of users who misunderstand the platf ...

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Viral Post Claims Woman's Rental Car Was Marked with 'AF' for 'Alone Female'

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 8, 2023

We've seen our fair share of stories alluding to criminal schemes like these in the past, usuall ...

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A phone that says Facebook is next to the Facebook logo.

Is Facebook Set To Begin Charging $4.99 Per Month?

Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

June 14, 2023

Snopes has encountered this false claim before. Repeatedly.

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Facebook users copied and pasted a post that talked about accounts being hijacked.

'Everyone Is Slowly Getting Hijacked' Facebook Posts Resemble an Old Hoax

Written by: Jordan Liles

May 22, 2023

Here's the lowdown on this specific copy-and-paste message that was being posted in May 2023.

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