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Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2016
Philando Castile once had his mugshot taken after a traffic arrest, but that is not proof he was ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 9, 2016
An article published shortly after Philando Castile was killed by police officers in Minnesota f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 8, 2016
A viral Facebook posting by Steven Hildreth Jr. tells a true story about an uneventful interacti ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 8, 2016
Articles published in the aftermath of Alton Sterling's shooting death reported that he was a ga ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2016
A troll Twitter account started a false rumor that a neo-Nazi named Jeffrey Harris was responsib ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2016
A message posted on Facebook claims that a "purge" is being planned in Baton Rouge on 9 July 201 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 6, 2016
Shortly after Alton Sterling was killed by Baton Rouge police, a rumor appeared on social media ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 29, 2016
Police in Sweden have introduced sexual assault awareness bracelets to distribute to young peopl ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 13, 2016
An irresponsible Facebook post claimed that multiple gunmen were involved in the mass shooting a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 9, 2016
While Oklahoma police did get a new device to make civil forfeitures, this device cannot empty a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 2, 2016
A meme claimed that a 14-year-old Swedish girl was raped by refugees, but the story didn't check ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 2, 2016
The evangelical Christian author wrote an article encouraging parents to keep their children saf ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 30, 2016
In 2006 Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen registered to vote as a Democrat, but his recent p ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 20, 2016
Target did sue Michael Turner, a man who saved a girl from being stabbed in one of their stores, ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 16, 2016
A man was arrested for allegedly choking a young girl in a bathroom, but the incident was unrela ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 19, 2016
A popular meme describes a purported act of vengeance for which we found no evidence whatsoever.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 7, 2016
An old urban legend about Chinese food made from aborted fetuses or unwanted babies resurfaced, ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 4, 2016
Los Angeles police are looking into whether a knife purportedly found on the grounds of O.J. Sim ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 23, 2016
An article published in 2016 reporting that a hitchhiking woman was raped and murdered by Muslim ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 17, 2016
A story about a man being arrested for not paying a student loan is circulating on the internet ...
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