Cannibal Corpse ‘My Home is Full of Skulls’ Meme
A long-circulating meme that centers around purported songs by death metal band Cannibal Corpse went viral on Twitter in November 2021.
Travis Scott and Astroworld: Occult Conspiracies Follow Festival Tragedy
Discourse about the tragic deaths of several attendees at Travis Scott’s Astroworld in November 2021 included viral posts claiming that the catastrophe had occult overtones.
Egg ‘Sink or Float’ Test
A viral Facebook post claims that “testing fresh eggs” is as simple as seeing which eggs sink and which eggs float.
‘Kyle Rittenhouse’s Trial Opens with His Lawyer Saying the N-Word Twice in Court’
Screenshots of an apparent news article reporting that Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer used “the n-word twice in court” were decoupled from their source.
MetaCompany ‘Facebook Stole Our Name and Livelihood’ Letter
A viral Facebook post showing a letter claiming that Facebook “stole” MetaCompany’s “name and livelihood” went viral, but a few elements of the claim were suspicious.
Despite Pledges, Hearings, Facebook Still Pushing Climate Disinformation
The intersection of disinformation and a changing climate carries threats that have so far gone largely unimagined.
‘Hobby Lobby Took Out a Full Page Ad Today …’
A November 2021 Imgur post accurately described a Hobby Lobby advertisement, but context about the source of the text and date was removed.
‘Boss Texts on Your Day Off? Leave Them Unread’ Billboard
A viral image of a purported billboard advising drivers that if their boss texts on their day off that they should “leave them unread” circulated across social media platforms.
‘Wikipedia Has Separate Lists for Vampires and Fictional Vampires’
A meme claimed that the collective encyclopedia’s “list of vampires” existed independently of its “list of fictional vampires.”
‘There is No Evidence People Ever Saved Bacon Grease’ Facebook ‘Fact Check’
A viral, misleading Facebook post “joked” that Facebook fact-checkers denied evidence that people ever saved bacon grease or aluminum foil.