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'National Rape Day' Warnings Circulate on TikTok
Written by:
Dan Evon
April 19, 2021
Whether you call it a joke, prank, troll campaign or a hoax, there is no "National Rape Day" tha ...
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QAnon Still Thrives on Facebook Nearly a Year After 'Ban'
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Aug. 16, 2021
Even when various QAnon-themed posts were manually reported, Facebook's support team responded t ...
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Facebook Fails To Stem COVID Denialism Even as Delta Variant Surges
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Aug. 12, 2021
We documented a sampling of Facebook posts, comments, and a group that continue to push anti-mas ...
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US and Russia Engage in a Digital Battle for Hearts and Minds
Written by:
The Conversation
Sept. 23, 2022
Russian government media are frequently criticized as being blatant propaganda. How do U.S. gove ...
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Do More Americans Believe In Conspiracy Theories Now Than Ever Before?
Written by:
The Conversation
Sept. 19, 2022
A scholar of conspiracy theories at Ruhr University Bochum explored the question.
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Keep Watch For These Internet Rumors about 'Banned' Books in Schools or Libraries
Written by:
Jessica Lee
Sept. 15, 2022
It's a trend with which the Snopes newsroom has become very familiar: memes listing supposedly " ...
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4 Tips For Avoiding Online Misinfo About Gas Prices
Written by:
Jessica Lee
June 8, 2022
No. 1: Don’t draw broad conclusions on the fuel economy based on one or a few pictures of gas st ...
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Unverified Rumors Thrived After the Uvalde School Shooting
Written by:
Jordan Liles
June 6, 2022
It’s unclear why so many social media users willingly share unverified rum ...
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Media Literacy: How to Spot T-Shirts Bearing Fabricated Messages
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
March 30, 2022
Sometimes, misinformation wears its heart on its sleeve.
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UKRAINE: Viral Hoax Falsely Claims 'American Journalists' Killed on 1st Day of Russian Invasion
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Feb. 24, 2022
Widely shared social media posts were not sincere tributes but rather part of a distasteful trop ...
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Deepfake or Not? Snopes Debunked These Videos in 2021
Written by:
Jessica Lee
Dec. 20, 2021
Some of these digitally altered videos almost fooled us at first watch.
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Fake or Real? Snopes Fact-Checked These Images in 2021
Written by:
Jessica Lee
Dec. 17, 2021
One manipulated picture is worth a thousand words.
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Germ Theory Denialism Is Alive and Well
Written by:
The Conversation
July 8, 2021
Germ theory deniers are a mixed group whose beliefs range from hardline renunciation of germ the ...
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How to Consume News While Maintaining Your Sanity
Written by:
The Conversation
June 23, 2021
The amount and variety of news produced today often tests people’s ability to determine its valu ...
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Fake News: A Simple Nudge Isn't Enough to Tackle It
Written by:
The Conversation
June 11, 2021
One high-profile theory of why people share fake news says that they aren’t paying sufficient at ...
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Those Who Think They Can Spot Misinformation Are More Likely to be Duped by It, Study Finds
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
May 31, 2021
From the COVID-19 pandemic to the presidential election, 2020 was rife with misinformation.
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'Strategic Lies': Deliberate Untruths Used as a Political Tactic
Written by:
The Conversation
April 27, 2021
“Strategic lying” is a technique in which a politician tells a deliberate lie with the purpose o ...
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Misinformation, Disinformation and Hoaxes: What's the Difference?
Written by:
The Conversation
April 21, 2021
In the 21st century, new technology makes manipulation and fabrication of information simple.
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Did the New York Times Suppress Advance Reporting on the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Written by:
The Conversation
April 2, 2021
The Bay of Pigs suppression myth makes for a timeless lesson about the perils for news organizat ...
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People with Greater Emotional Intelligence Are Better at Spotting Misinformation
Written by:
The Conversation
March 22, 2021
Over the past few years, research in psychological science and political science has started to ...
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