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A British Facebook user’s questionable post was quickly reproduced on the platform.
A British Facebook user’s questionable post was quickly reproduced on the platform.
In February 2021, a photograph claiming California had built 22 prisons and one university “since 1980” made the rounds.
In February 2021, a long-circulating meme about Martin Luther King, Jr.’s mother’s death reappeared on social media.
Not all “fake news” is political, and Facebook rewards engagement-baiting pages with promotion on its Facebook Watch platform whether or not they are factually accurate.
Cruz’s flight to (and return from) Cancún quickly made him online satire fodder.
The phrase “there’s always a tweet” is increasingly accompanied by fake tweets, as is the case with a phony Ted Cruz Twitter screenshot.
“Just pretend you’re taking your grandma to church. There’s a platter of biscuits and 2 gallons of sweet tea in glass jars in the back seat. She’s wearing a new dress and holding a crock pot full of gravy.”
As Texas struggled with atypical winter weather, videos instructing people how to construct a terracotta space heater assembled with candles went viral.
The right-wing lawmaker came under fire online for leaving the state for warmer weather with his family as many of his constituents lived through a historic winter storm.
As millions of Texans lost electricity, a coordinated disinformation campaign attempted to shift the blame to renewable energy.