‘Are You Concerned Someone You Know is Becoming Too Prepared?’ Facebook A broadly recycled screenshot suggested that Facebook is serving "Are you concerned someone you know is becoming too prepared?" warnings to canning groups and preppers.
New Astrological Dates 2021 (and Ophiuchus) Claims of "new astrological dates" have been spreading since at least 2011.
Leo Varadkar ‘Rent Freeze’ Quote Screenshots of a tweet ("Leo Varadkar warns introducing a rent freeze could create a 'nightmare scenario'") circulated virally on social media, out of context.
Stand Up for What You Believe In, Even If Facebook Marks it ‘Sensitive Content’ A seemingly innocuous "stand up for what you believe in" meme, soft-blocked as "sensitive content" on Facebook, became a viral curiosity.
‘Swedish TV Accidentally Puts Subtitles from a Kids’ Show over a Political Debate’ An October 2 2021 Facebook post (screengrab included) contained a claim that a Swedish TV station accidentally put subtitles from children’s’ programming over a political debate: Beneath an apparent username from an unspecified platform (“nerdeas,”) two captions appeared. The first was the post itself, and the second the purported subtitle (which had presumably been converted from Swedish […]
Project Veritas and ‘Nick Karl From Pfizer’ The disinformation purveyors at Project Veritas are claiming that they "exposed Pfizer" with secret video of a scientist named Nick Karl.
Charlie Kirk ‘Cure’ Tweet Fake tweets quickly move outside their ecosystem on Reddit, as was the case with a tweet attributed to Charlie Kirk and initially labeled "satire."
‘Humans Have Stripes’ Social media posts claiming humans have invisible stripes were suddenly everywhere in September 2021.
Carl Sagan: ‘Once You Give a Charlatan Power Over You, You Almost Never Get It Back’ A quote attributed to the science advocate and astronomer appeared on Imgur and Facebook in October 2021.
‘I Did My Own Research’ Gravestone Meme In late September 2021, an image of a macabre-but-timely "I did my own research" gravestone as Halloween decor spread virally across social media.
