‘Cannabis Ice Cream’
An example of Facebook engagement bait polls users on the matter of “cannabis ice cream,” which is not shown in the viral image.
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Does This ‘Petri Dish Full of Bacteria Swabbed from a Child’s Mask’ Reveal the Risks of Wearing Masks?
A gross-out image of a petri dish that is purportedly full of bacteria swabbed from a mask is circulating on social media.
Was the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally a Super-Spreader Event?
Social media posts suggested the August 2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally generated more than $12 billion in healthcare costs and may have led to as many as a quarter of a million new cases.
Did Trump Say That Without a Deal ‘They Can’t Have Universal Mail-in Voting, They Just Can’t Have It’?
Amid rumors that U.S. President Donald Trump sought to interfere with USPS service, he purportedly told anchor Maria Bartiromo that “without a deal” there wouldn’t be “universal mail-in voting.”
‘Don’t Mail Ballots In, Drop at Board of Elections, This is an Inside Tip from a Postal Worker, Can’t Say More than That’
Multiple Facebook posts warned Americans not to use USPS to mail their mail-in ballots; it’s true that voters could often bypass the United States Postal Service, but with important caveats.
Does a Facebook Live Reveal a Shocking Secret about ‘LOL Dolls’ Amid #SaveTheChildren Panic?
A Facebook Live user was very shocked that LOL Surprise! dolls change color in cold water (a major selling point described right in the name.)
Do 800,000 Children Go Missing Each Year in the United States?
Dubious and dated stats about missing children spread in August 2020, among them that 2,000 children go missing in the United States every day.
How COVID-19 Triggered a #SaveTheChildren Child Trafficking Panic
A surge of interest in child trafficking and the restricted #savethechildren hashtag isn’t organic — it was a subset of COVID-19 conspiracy theories in the summer of 2020.
Did Patton Oswalt Tweet ‘I Am a Proud Pedophile’?
Inauthentic tweets and hashtags drove interest in “child trafficking” and led to the unearthing of a purportedly damning tweet from “proud pedophile” Patton Oswalt.
After ‘Defunding,’ Did Minneapolis Police Advise Residents to Give up Their Phones, Wallets, and Purses to Criminals?
A purported email from Minneapolis police mentioned 100 robberies and 20 carjackings in July 2020, advising residents to surrender their valuables to criminals.