‘University of Oxford Clapping Ban’ Rumor
Tabloids raced to report that “snowflakes” at Oxford “banned” clapping, when in reality the guidelines were amended to encourage more use of sign language for inclusivity purposes.
Tabloids raced to report that “snowflakes” at Oxford “banned” clapping, when in reality the guidelines were amended to encourage more use of sign language for inclusivity purposes.
A number of increasingly hysterical posts on social media claimed that New York City had either criminalized or outright banned calling people “illegal,” a rumor that spread like wildfire.
Deleted tweets can make clarifying chain-based claims difficult — but the internet never forgets.
A circulating image of a box of the Trump-branded footwear appeared to be stamped “tarriff [sic] exempt”… but it wasn’t.
A September 2019 meme from TPUSA claimed that the lawmaker dramatically overestimated the population of the United States.