Vinny Green, Author at Snopes.com

Apology from Members of Snopes Senior Management

13 August 2021

An internal review prompted by a BuzzFeed investigation found dozens of stories by our co-founder...

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Popular ‘USA’ Facebook Page Run by Ukrainians Targeted Older Americans

1 October 2019

The Facebook page World USA became a testament to a steadfast Rockwellian conception of America....

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Hiding in Plain Sight: PAC-Connected Activists Set Up ‘Local News’ Outlets

4 March 2019

Star News Digital Media, Inc. may look like a media company that produces local news,...

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A Message to Our Community Regarding the Facebook Fact-Checking Partnership

1 February 2019

After two years, Snopes.com has withdrawn from a fact-checking partnership with Facebook.

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Media Firm “Providr” Allegedly Owes Money to Several Angry Facebook Publishers

17 July 2018

The company gained prominence by asserting they were compliant with Facebook’s rules at a time...

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‘Content Providers’ Easily Find Ways Around Facebook’s Rules In March 2018, Facebook changed their policies regarding branded content, leaving many publishers — but...

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Misinfluencers, Inc.: How Fake News Is Reaching Millions Using Verified Facebook Accounts

29 September 2017

We tracked 29 fake domains that post to verified celebrity pages through an unknown mechanism....

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