Hoax

kids these days 3/1/2019

How Are Kids Supposed to Learn to Be Smart Online If Adults Are Such Dummies?The Momo challenge spread not because of children online, but because their parents didn’t bother to do their homework on whether the threat was real.

select all 7/25/2018

Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Pen Open Letter to FacebookLeonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa’s son Noah was the youngest victim of the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012.

select all 2/5/2018

That Trump ‘Dow Joans’ Tweet Is FakeApparently there isn’t always a tweet.

select all 11/7/2017

No, Snapchat Is Not Shutting Down Next WeekThis week in viral internet hoaxes.

select all 10/31/2017

The Sad Truth Behind the Viral Internet Story of Sanjay and DurgeshLast week, the Meme Ballad of Sanjay and Durgesh went viral, but the real story is much, much darker.

select all 10/26/2017

The Windows XP Wallpaper Hill Didn’t Catch FireBliss Hill, the landscape featured in the iconic wallpaper, is totally fine.

select all 9/22/2017

A Bizarre Facebook Hoax Has Turned These People Into Minor CelebritiesThe latest hoax to go viral on Facebook has led to the harassment of some real users.

select all 5/23/2017

Trolls Stole Photos of YouTubers to Create Manchester-Victims HoaxFake news spread rapidly in the wake of an explosion at a concert in England, which killed over 20 people.

select all 4/28/2017

The ‘Lesbian Chinese Billionaires’ Everyone Is Sharing Is Actually K-pop FanficLesbians! K-pop! Buckets of money! This viral hoax has everything.

select all 10/18/2016

select all 8/30/2016

6/28/2016

Why USA Today Wrongly Tweeted That Cormac McCarthy Had DiedSpoiler: Cormac McCarthy is not dead.

11/19/2015

Viral ‘Fake Blind Man’ Prank Revealed As a FraudOh, wow, something viral was a hoax.

3/28/2012

Spike Lee Links Travyon Killing to Random Elderly CoupleTweets out the wrong address for George Zimmerman.

business 9/27/2011

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