Written by: Snopes Staff
Dec. 30, 2016
Despite the insistence of numerous scams on social media, Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry are not ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 8, 2016
A social media post claimed that a bacon sandwich image was deemed "offensive" by Facebook in an ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 1, 2016
The store chain investigated a controversial comment made by an individual posing as a manager w ...
Written by: snopes
Nov. 29, 2016
Facebook announced a plan to address the circulation of false information via social media with ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 9, 2016
Facebook rumors claimed that as many as eight transgender children committed or attempted suicid ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2016
An image purportedly showing an electoral map based on "Facebook analytics" is not supported by ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 1, 2016
A team of researchers ponders a future in which Facebook plays an active role in all aspects of ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 30, 2016
A viral Facebook status update urged users to check in at Standing Rock in order to prevent the ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 23, 2016
Rumor: A Facebook page was suspended because the Marine Corps emblem violates the network's comm ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 19, 2016
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's offering money to Facebook users who don't share social media hoa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 14, 2016
A report that New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul lost a hand when his cell phone ex ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 29, 2016
A like-farming scam claims that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will delete Donald Trump's and ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 15, 2016
Facebook purchased the texting app in 2014, but WhatsApp says personal user information won't be ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 4, 2016
Reports that singer Miley Cyrus’ lifeless body was found by her entourage in a bathtub after she ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 11, 2016
A spurious rumor holds that the Twitter social media platform will be shutting down in 2017 due ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
July 6, 2016
The video — showing the aftermath of a traffic stop in Minnesota — was streamed live on Facebook ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 17, 2016
There's no truth to a rumor that Facebook is banning "amen posts" (in which social media users a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 12, 2016
Some Facebook users were concerned about receiving a message stating that photographs automatica ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 4, 2016
Kelli Burns, a mass communication professor, was reported as saying that Facebook is listening t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 31, 2016
A prank news article generator tricked many social media users into believing the Taco Bell chai ...
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