‘Got Another Friend Request from You’ Facebook Warning
A warning about a Facebook user's supposedly having received a second friend request from you is mostly useless.
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‘Trump Suffering from a Stroke’ Virus Warning
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Does the Honey Browser Extension Work?
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WhatsApp ‘Martinelli’ Phone Virus Warning
One of several similar WhatsApp malware hoaxes warns that a "Martinelli" video could "hack" your phone.
Can Facebook Users Receive $17,500 Each Over a ‘Data Breach’?
Facebook users everywhere are not entitled to collect cash in compensation over the Cambridge Analytica user data controversy.
Are Hackers Stealing Private Information via ‘What Would You Look Like Bald’ Facebook Apps?
Viral warnings about "extreme hackers" stealing information via popular entertainment apps on Facebook are false and misleading.
Is ‘Bluetooth’ Technology Named After a Viking King?
The name of the wireless technology standard apparently originated during a Toronto pub crawl one dark and stormy night.
Has Facebook Launched a ‘No Swearing’ Campaign?
Reports that Facebook has instituted a 'no swearing' campaign and threatened to lock the accounts of violators are a hoax.
Flashlight Apps Harbor Data-Stealing Malware?
Flashlight apps could harbor furtive code to steal your personal data and send it to foreign cybercriminals, but so could any phone app.
Miley Cyrus Death Hoax
Reports that singer Miley Cyrus’ lifeless body was found by her entourage in a bathtub after she drowned from a prescription drug overdose are fake news.
‘Donald Trump Arrested’ Virus Warning
A warning about a computer virus being spread via social media with pictures of Donald Trump being arrested appears to be a hoax.
Facebook: Marine Corps Emblem Violates Community Standards?
Rumor: A Facebook page was suspended because the Marine Corps emblem violates the network's community standards?
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Did Sanders Propose Raising Taxes to 52% on Incomes Over $29,000?
A popular meme appears to have conflated two different tax proposals from the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.
Is Quaden Bayles 18 Years Old?
After receiving financial support from a wide range of celebrities, a bullied boy with dwarfism was accused of lying about his age.
Was Coronavirus Predicted in a 1981 Dean Koontz Novel?
If a prediction is only noticed after an incident occurs, is it really a prediction?
Bernie Sanders’ 1972 Essay on Rape
Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign tried to distance him from a 1972 essay in which he wrote that a woman "fantasizes being raped by three men simultaneously."
Did a Montana Man Sell Jerky Made From Human Meat?
A routine review of content labeled satire.