‘Memento Homo’ and Untrustworthy Google Results
A rapidly changing search landscape led to a satirical tweet (“memento homo”) being presented by Google as a citation for a falsehood in June 2023.
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‘Yevgeniy Prigozhin’ is ‘Under a Felony Indictment in the US’
After a June 2023 conflict between Russia and Wagner Group mercenaries, social media posts claimed leader Yevgeniy Prighozin was “under felony indictment” in the United States.
NASA ‘Internet Apocalypse’ Outage Rumors, Explained
“NASA saying no internet” spiked in searches in June 2023 amid rumors of an “internet apocalypse.”
A Moms For Liberty Chapter Quoted Hitler in Newsletter
In Hamilton County, Indiana, the local chapter of Moms For Liberty conspicuously quoted Adolf Hitler.
The French ‘Barbie’ Poster
A purported poster for the highly-anticipated Barbie movie in French spread virally on social media in June 2023.
Fake Twitter Account @OceanGateExpeds Suspended After Spreading OceanGate Disinformation
After Elon Musk removed Twitter’s verification system, a fake OceanGate account successfully spread falsehoods during an active disaster.
‘Kentucky Cutting Polling Places’
A popular June 2023 Imgur post suggested that Kentucky was “cutting [the] number of polling places for Tuesday’s primary from 3700 to 200.”
‘Comer Admits Nobody Has Heard From Biden Informant in Three Years’
A popular June 2023 post on Reddit’s r/politics referenced a so-called “Biden informant,” and an “admission” by James Comer.
ZipRecruiter ‘Crisis Actors Needed in Miami’
A viral tweet implied that ZipRecruiter sought highly paid “crisis actors” for positions in Miami in June 13 2023.
‘We’re Not After Children, We Just Want to Live Our Lives’ Doctored Pride Image
A deleted viral tweet by @WokeArchive (“We’re not after children, we just want to live our lives”) featured a digitally altered image to falsify a point.