Bushes Baked Beans Issues Recall-Outdated!
Bush’s Baked Beans issued a recall in July 2017, and it re-circulated on social media in June 2018.
Bush’s Baked Beans issued a recall in July 2017, and it re-circulated on social media in June 2018.
A photo of small black larvae has been misidentified as a tick nest on social media. Actual tick larvae are much smaller and translucent, however.
A “shallowfake” April Fool’s video still spread online years later, foreshadowing the danger of deeper distortions.
President Trump: Community College is 13th Grade, Not Real College –Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A tweet from President Trump calls community college 13th grade and asserts it’s not real college and is for dummies. The Truth: President Trump didn’t call community college “13th grade” or say that it was “only for dummies.” That rumor spread …
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Speculation quickly turned to disinformation as more news came out about the mishandling of user data.
Unproven claims that a Planned Parenthood group said there needs to be a Disney princes who’s had an abortion are based on a screengrab of a tweet.
Warnings about bottled water injected with poison that circulated on social media in March 2018 weren’t based on credible reports.
False claims that a funeral home employee was accidentally cremated while taking a nap on a stretcher came from a website that publishes works of fiction.
Claims that Virginia social worker Storm Durham was fired for holding a concealed carry permit are refuted by her former employer, but there’s not enough evidence to prove or disprove them fully.
False rumors that Cadbury products are infected with HIV are the latest in a long list of false claims about various foods and drinks being contaminated.