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Did Facebook Ban All Christian-Themed Content?

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Kim LaCapria
09/12/2016 02:35 PDT A report claimed that Facebook was banning the posting of Christian-themed content while allowin ...
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Will Posting This Notice Stop Facebook or Instagram from Making Your Posts Public?

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David Mikkelson
06/04/2012 03:40 PDT "WARNING: Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow!"
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Is Facebook Charging a User Fee?

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Bond Huberman
05/22/2020 03:12 PDT Some rumors never die — they just grow new heads.
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Does 'The Wizard of Oz' Include a Munchkin Suicide?

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David Mikkelson
12/12/1997 16:00 PST One of the most ubiquitous of film legends holds that a munchkin hanged himself on-camera during ...
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Did Pope Francis Say 'God Has Instructed Me to Revise the Ten Commandments'?

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Dan Evon David Mikkelson
07/07/2015 05:40 PDT "The Pope said the updated Commandments reflect the changing times and include some minor reword ...
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Does 'New Facebook/Meta Rule' Permit Company To Use Your Photos?

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David Emery
11/15/2021 01:57 PST We've seen at least a dozen variants of this copypasta rumor go viral over the past decade.
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Facebook posts said there was very sad news and that Bruce Willis was dead, but it was a death hoax.

Bruce Willis Is Not Dead, Despite 'Very Sad News' Facebook Death Hoax

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Jordan Liles
11/17/2022 12:31 PST The same site that pushed the Willis death hoax was doing the same for actor Dwayne "The Rock" J ...
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Did Captain Kangaroo and Lee Marvin Fight at Iwo Jima?

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David Mikkelson
03/08/2002 06:14 PST Lee Marvin and Bob 'Captain Kangaroo' Keeshan were both in the military during World War II, but ...
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Amazon was not giving away pallets of lost packages for $1 on Facebook.

Is Amazon Giving Away Pallets of Lost Packages on Facebook?

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Jordan Liles
08/19/2022 04:17 PDT We don't recommend trusting online offers that seem way too good to be true.
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Irena Sendler

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David Mikkelson
07/02/2008 17:00 PDT Irena Sendler, supposedly a candidate for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, is credited with saving 2, ...
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Facebook to Make All Private Messages Viewable by Public

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David Mikkelson
12/18/2014 12:46 PST Will Facebook soon make all inbox messages publicly viewable to promote honesty?
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Did 'Shark Tank' Endorse a Keto Diet Pill?

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Alex Kasprak
11/19/2019 06:10 PST Nobody would ever lie in an ad for a diet product, right?
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Facebook 'No Religion' Campaign

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David Mikkelson
03/07/2014 04:00 PST Rumor: Facebook will be banning all posts expressing religious beliefs.
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Facebook Privacy Warning

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David Mikkelson
12/29/2011 10:50 PST A message purportedly provides instructions for stopping strangers from seeing your activity on ...
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Does the Satanic Temple Want to Establish After School Satan Clubs?

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David Emery
08/01/2016 04:29 PDT A 'religious' organization called the Satanic Temple seeks to establish After School Satan Clubs ...
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How Did Hunter Biden's Laptop Allegedly Go from a Repair Shop in Delaware to the New York Post?

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Bethania Palma
10/15/2020 04:18 PDT News reports identified the hard drive's source as a computer repair shop owner in Delaware.
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Are Electric Vehicles and Batteries Bad for the Environment?

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Madison Dapcevich
03/28/2022 08:00 PDT We broke the viral Facebook post down claim by claim.
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In early June 2022, we received reader mail that asked us to look into whether former US President Donald Trump tweeted to his supporters on January 6, 2021, the day of the US Capitol riot, to remain peaceful with no violence and to support our Capitol Police and law enforcement.

Did Trump Tweet ‘Stay Peaceful’ on Day of Capitol Riot?

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Jordan Liles
06/14/2022 07:46 PDT We looked at the context behind a meme that showed two messages purportedly tweeted by Trump on ...
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Social Security as 'Federal Benefit Payments'

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David Mikkelson
07/22/2012 17:00 PDT An item criticizing multiple aspects of the Social Security system gets nearly everything wrong.
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Meta did not announce plans that they will soon begin charging people this summer to use Facebook.

'Facebook Will Start Charging This Summer' Is an Old Hoax

Written by:
Jordan Liles
10/14/2022 09:56 PDT Meta has never announced any plans that they would start charging users to be on Facebook.
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