A bait-and-switch headline about a “first article of impeachment … against Joe Biden” rendered one way when shared on social platforms, and another for the few who clicked before sharing.
Disinformation sites used “charge” and “impeachment” in highly misleading ways.
The New York Post is still milking the “2020 bingo” meme to spread misleading claims, such as how an asteroid “could” hit Earth in November 2020.
A stolen picture of an injured boy coupled with false information about the original poster testing positive for coronavirus has spread unchecked on Facebook.
An unrealistic CNBC “budget breakdown” circulated in August 2020 — but not for the first time.
The country’s government said that the bogus claim has circulated online since at least 2015.
Viral food news from 2017 about a “clear pumpkin pie” recirculated in October and November 2019.
The platform uses an opaque process to determine which sites have less reach there — and they’re not revealing anything about it.
April 2019 saw the culmination of a months-long popular uprising in the country of Sudan, when its former president Omar al-Bashir stepped down from his post. The Sudanese military quickly took control of the country in what it called a transitional phase. In the weeks following al-Bashir’s ouster, however, clashes became both deadlier and more …
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On May 10 2019, the Facebook page “Therapy Dogs Give Love” shared the following image and plea (archived here), claiming Facebook was donating $1 for every share of an image of a puppy with a “tumor”: Alongside an image of a black dog with an avocado in its mouth, the page wrote: For every time …
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