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Snopes uncovered a crypto scam on Facebook and Messenger on a page called Tina's Finance and Meta did nothing to stop it despite being notified.

We Infiltrated a Crypto Scam Network That's Hosted by Meta

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 17, 2022

After we notified the company of the scam, we spent the weekend watching live as users lost mone ...

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A viral prayer request featuring a picture of a crying mother and baby girl asked for people to please pray for my daughter and make a big chain of prayer.

Viral Prayer Request Exploits Dead Child, Mother Tells Facebook Like-Farmers: 'Go Straight to Hell'

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 3, 2022

Deyse Lene, the mother, said that Sarah, her baby, passed away in 2018. Here's how we found the ...

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show is not giving away $1,000 Amazon.com gift cards or PlayStation 5 consoles or iPhone devices on Facebook.

'Ellen' Facebook Giveaway Scam Promises Amazon Gift Cards, PS5s, and iPhones

Written by: Jordan Liles

Nov. 23, 2021

Facebook scammers posted pictures from "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" without permission in order to ...

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The Diesel Brothers nor Diesel Power Gear were giving away $10,000 or $100,000 to entrants who downloaded the Stash finance app.

'Diesel Brothers' Facebook Giveaway Scam Targets Users After Rittenhouse Acquittal

Written by: Jordan Liles

Nov. 23, 2021

The real Diesel Brothers, whose likeness was used without permission, had nothing to do with the ...

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Does 'New Facebook/Meta Rule' Permit Company To Use Your Photos?

Written by: David Emery

Nov. 15, 2021

We've seen at least a dozen variants of this copypasta rumor go viral over the past decade.

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Facebook's failures mentioned in Frances Haugen's whistleblower disclosures can be traced to Snopes investigations.

How Facebook's Failures Line Up With Frances Haugen's Whistleblower Docs

Written by: Jordan Liles

Oct. 18, 2021

We connected the dots between some of our own past investigations and the internal Facebook rese ...

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What Caused the October 2021 Facebook Outage?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

Oct. 5, 2021

The technology giant suffered a major shutdown that lasted about six hours.

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SCAM ALERT: Texas Roadhouse Vouchers on Facebook

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Sept. 29, 2021

The bogus promotion ran on at least 13 separate inauthentic Facebook profiles, in September 2021.

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Facebook is allowing the promotion of fake masks for children in schools in groups.

Facebook Allows Promotion of 'Fake Masks' for Children in Schools

Written by: Jordan Liles

Sept. 20, 2021

In this special investigation, we also found nearly 100 comparisons of mask-wearing to Nazi Germ ...

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Did Don Trump Jr. Say Taliban Spokesman Not 'Wrong' About Facebook Censorship?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

Aug. 19, 2021

The spokesman faced a question about freedom of speech in Afghanistan.

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SCAM ALERT: Publix 90th Anniversary $3,000 Gift Card

Written by: Dan MacGuill

July 22, 2021

Reader beware.

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Facebook started warning some users they may have seen harmful extremist content and asking some users whether they were worried about friends becoming extremists.

Is Facebook Issuing New Warnings About 'Extremist Content'?

Written by: Jessica Lee

July 7, 2021

The purported messages urge users to seek support from the tech giant's partners.

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Trump Suspended From Facebook Until At Least 2023

Written by: Dan Evon

June 4, 2021

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been banned from Facebook since the days following the at ...

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A Facebook message with OO5251839 or 005251839 did not circumvent Facebook's algorithm or do anything about a user's friends.

The 'OO5251839' Post Doesn't 'Circumvent' Facebook Algorithm

Written by: Jordan Liles

June 2, 2021

Thanks for the tip, but it's not unusual for friends to say "hello" if you ask them to do so.

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Was Trump Banned for Life From Facebook?

Written by: Dan Evon

May 5, 2021

The former President of the United States has been banned for life from Twitter, but Facebook?

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Did Facebook Ban Its Own Page in Australia?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Feb. 18, 2021

In a sweeping ban of news in Australia, Facebook appears to have banned its own page.

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'Literally IDK': Facebook Ad Confuses Teen Vogue and Everyone Else

Written by: Bethania Palma

Jan. 9, 2020

Both Facebook and Teen Vogue were criticized for news-like content that initially carried no adv ...

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Facebook logo with a silhouette of a hand holding a locked padlock in the foreground.

Does Facebook Have 'Shake-to-Report' Feature That Lands Users in 'Facebook Jail'?

Written by: David Emery

June 14, 2019

As of late May 2019, a new Facebook feature allowing users to report technical problems by shaki ...

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Did 'El Chapo' Testify That He Gave Millions to Pelosi, Schiff, and Clinton?

Written by: Dan Evon

Feb. 12, 2019

You can claim anything if you remove evidence from the equation.

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Does Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Have a Low Credit Score, Closed Checking Accounts, and a History of Evictions?

Written by: Dan Evon

Jan. 21, 2019

You can claim anything you want if your audience is unconcerned with matters such as evidence.

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