Were Period Products ‘Tested With Blood’ for Absorbency Claims?
A highly popular claim was difficult to check without access to the paywalled study it was quoting.
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North Carolina School Baptisms
In September 2022, social media posts claimed a school in North Carolina baptized dozens of children without parental permission.
12ft.io Paywall Bypassing Service
The effects of news paywalls on public information literacy have long been a thread in discourse around news literacy, and 12ft.io purportedly bypasses paywalls to connect readers to blocked content.
‘Amazon Customers Blocked From Using Visa Cards’
Twitter’s trending topics conveniently elided that a card issuer versus retailer dispute involving Amazon and Visa applied only to the United Kingdom.
‘June 1954 – Jack Albertson Lamented the Loss of Blackface and Felt Minority Groups Were Making Life Rough for the Comedian’
An October 2021 controversy over “cancel culture” led to the spread of a newspaper clipping lamenting the same issue — in 1954.
Is Amazon Suspending All Non-Essential Shipments Except for Medical Supplies and and ‘High-Demand’ Products?
Amazon is only planning to suspend its receipt of shipments from third-party merchants, but that part of a viral story was hidden behind a paywall.