‘There is No Evidence People Ever Saved Bacon Grease’ Facebook ‘Fact Check’ A viral, misleading Facebook post "joked" that Facebook fact-checkers denied evidence that people ever saved bacon grease or aluminum foil.
Comedian’s Spoof Interview as ‘Flight Attendant’ Spreads Virally on Facebook Watch Facebook Watch clips can rake in millions of views, which was the case with an RTÉ 2 clip of a phony interview by a YouTube comedian.
Avoid That ‘Popcorn in Muffin Tin’ Hack Which ‘Breaks the Internet’ Not all "fake news" is political, and Facebook rewards engagement-baiting pages with promotion on its Facebook Watch platform whether or not they are factually accurate.
Did Trump Tweet That the Supreme Court ‘Should Decide the Presidency at Every Election’ and ‘Bad Votes’ Shouldn’t Count? In the wake of statements U.S. President Donald Trump made about the 2020 election, a screenshot of a tweet attributed to him circulated on social media.
Did Donald Trump Tweet in 2016 That President Obama Should Wait to Pick a New Supreme Court Justice or ‘Be Fired’? A purported tweet by then-candidate Donald Trump is circulating, alongside the sentiment "There is always a tweet."
Is the California Department of Social Services Mandating COVID-19 Testing for Eligible Families — and Threatening to Place Children in Foster Care? A frightening (and fake) letter attributed to the California Department of Social Services circulated on Facebook, claiming that residents were being forced to submit to COVID-19 testing under threat of taking their children away.
Does McKamey Manor Award $20,000 to Successful ‘Extreme Haunted/Horror House’ Attendees? Numerous news organizations repeated unverified claims about a grand prize at a "haunted house" that its critics refer to as nothing more than a torture facility.
‘2045 Time Traveler Took This Video in the Future…’ A viral video purporting to show a time traveler from a quarter of a century in the future tells us more about disinformation and how the media amplifies it than it does about the decades ahead.
Is Dell Hospital Collecting Donations for a Young Assault Victim Named Maria? A February 2016 Facebook post about Dell Children’s Hospital and a purported young rape victim (archived here) continued circulating several years after the fact. The post and its variations featured roughly the same all-caps text, with rotating images of a man as seen above: THIS GUY RAPED A FIVE YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL… HE RUINED […]
Posting a Privacy Notice on Facebook Protects Posted Material? People are posting a privacy statement on their profiles all over Facebook to protect their photos and stories from distribution on the Internet without their permission.
