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A picture in a viral tweet purportedly showed an Applebee's sign that had the words adult spouse and the tweet claimed the company was welcoming child brides.

Did an Applebee's 'Adult Spouse' Sign Welcome 'Child Brides'?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 2, 2022

A viral tweet with a picture of a sign said: "Fascists attacking drag bars, meanwhile Applebee's ...

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A meme titled nobody wants to work anymore was described as a brief history of capitalists complaining that nobody wants to work for starvation wages.

'Nobody Wants to Work Anymore' Meme Cites Real Newspaper Articles

Written by: Jordan Liles

July 25, 2022

Clippings from 14 articles published between 1894 and 2022 all appeared in newspaper archives.

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A Facebook post claimed that McDonald's ice cream contains xylitol which is a sugar alcohol that is toxic and deadly to dogs.

Does McDonald's Ice Cream Contain Xylitol?

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 13, 2022

Snopes contacted McDonald's USA by email after a rumor went viral on Facebook about dogs, xylito ...

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A crypto scam on the Meta platform Facebook asked for donations for Ukraine and had the page name Crypto.com/Nft.

Don't Donate to Ukraine Through This Facebook Crypto Scam

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 22, 2022

Facebook ads on a page designed to resemble Crypto.com used the war in Ukraine to try to scam us ...

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A crypto scam involving the bitcoin cryptocurrency was being operated on the Andy Wealth Facebook page and claimed to involve a teacher who would advise about investment opportunities in apps named MetaEx and MetaEXC.

Avoid This Crypto Scam on the Andy Wealth Facebook Page

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 14, 2022

This scam looked awfully familiar.

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The someone tried to log in to your account Facebook email scam.

Facebook Scam: 'Someone Tried To Log in to Your Account'

Written by: Jordan Liles

June 30, 2021

The Facebook email scam can often be found in spam folders, where it belongs.

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Ethan David Rosenberg is a Facebook profile run by crypto scammers and had nothing to do with the real David Rosenberg of Rosenberg Research.

Crypto Scammers Edited 10 Years of Facebook Posts to Appear Legit

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 9, 2022

We busted another crypto scam after the people behind it accidentally revealed themselves to our ...

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A fake Facebook page for TikTok video creator Elyse Myers appeared to be run from Pakistan.

Is This Elyse Myers' Official Facebook Page?

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 8, 2022

A Facebook page managed by at least one administrator in Pakistan reportedly stole and made mone ...

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Here's How Many Millions in Ad Revenue Facebook Could Be Losing Every Second During Outage

Here's How Many Millions in Ad Revenue Facebook Could Have Lost During Outage

Written by: Jessica Lee

Oct. 4, 2021

We used Facebook Inc.'s latest financial report to estimate its revenue loss per second during t ...

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Facebook Instagram WhatsApp and Messenger are all down and have an outage.

Facebook Is Down, as Are Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp

Written by: Jordan Liles

Oct. 4, 2021

The websites and apps for all four Facebook products were not available on the morning of Oct. 4.

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A Facebook page with a Russian name and Bella Calamidades pushed pro-Trump videos from Fox News OAN and Newsmax with altered thumbnails to mislead viewers with the idea that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were going to jail.

Foreign, Pro-Trump Facebook Pages Post Altered Fox News Videos, Earning Tens of Millions of Views

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 27, 2021

Since at least late 2020, the videos from Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax featured misleading thumbna ...

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A Facebook meme pushed COVID denialism about overwhelmed hospitals in Florida.

Facebook Fails To Stem COVID Denialism Even as Delta Variant Surges

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 12, 2021

We documented a sampling of Facebook posts, comments, and a group that continue to push anti-mas ...

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Facebook is launching a new prayer request post type for groups.

Facebook Introduces New 'Prayer Request' Posts

Written by: Jordan Liles

June 3, 2021

We reached out to Facebook for more information regarding screenshots that circulated on Twitter.

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Vin Diesel Death Hoax

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 29, 2014

Actor Vin Diesel is not dead; but he was the victim of yet another celebrity death hoax.

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Andrea Wilson, Facebook Friend Request Hacker Warning

Written by: David Mikkelson

March 17, 2009

Accepting a Facebook friend request from a stranger will not provide hackers with access to your ...

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Did a Michigan State Senate Candidate Defend Men Having Sex with Underage Girls?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 5, 2018

A Michigan state senate candidate said his Facebook account was hacked and a series of troublin ...

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Facebook logo surrounded by angry emojis.

Journalists, Activists Criticize Social Media Sites Amid Conflicts Over Content

Written by: Arturo Garcia

June 21, 2018

A news media trade group accused Facebook specifically of furthering a "dangerous narrative" reg ...

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Flag that is half Union Jack, half European Union.

Lawsuit Accuses Brexit Backers of Running British Voter Data Through Mississippi in Violation of UK Law

Written by: Bethania Palma

June 13, 2018

Arron Banks brought "Cambridge Analytica on steroids" to the United States to hide it from Briti ...

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Concept art showing code superimposed over a keyboard.

Code Developed By Canadian Firm Hints at Voter 'Disengagement' Efforts in United States

Written by: Alex Kasprak

June 13, 2018

The Trump campaign claimed that it could suppress Clinton votes twelve days before the 2016 elec ...

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Did Facebook Shut Down an AI Experiment Because Chatbots Developed Their Own Language?

Written by: David Emery

Aug. 1, 2017

Facebook's artificial intelligence scientists were purportedly dismayed when the bots they creat ...

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