Did Police Tell Newspapers That $2.4M of Merchandise Was Looted from a SoHo Rolex Store — When Rolex Said it Wasn’t?
A New York City headline led with a claim about Rolex looting in SoHo, but the article’s text conflicted with the headline.
A New York City headline led with a claim about Rolex looting in SoHo, but the article’s text conflicted with the headline.
A viral Facebook post claimed that LEGO had withdrawn police figurines and a White House set in the wake of George Floyd’s death and subsequent protests.
A viral Facebook post and online petition both hinge on bogus smears of cruelty to animals.
A COVID-19 pandemic post from April 2020 was misconstrued as appearing after protests over the death of George Floyd spread beyond Minnesota and to New York.
Facebook page “Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children,” a long-standing source of divisive disinformation, shared a purported open letter from “truckers” about protests in May and June 2020.
In late May and early June 2020, an analogy about Jesus, sheep, and leaving a flock to tend to one went viral on several platforms.
Children’s television channel Nickelodeon aired eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence alongside a message in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Donald Trump brandishing a Bible during a June 1 2020 photo op was compared to a purported archival image of Adolf Hitler.
It looks as if the idea began on 4Chan’s /pol/ as outrage-bait, and the only posts about a “George Floyd challenge” seem to be condemning it.
The police department asked for anonymous tips about illegal activity during protests of George Floyd’s death, and Twitter Kpop stans urged others to “spam” their “snitch app.”