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Did Facebook Ban All Christian-Themed Content?
Written by:
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?
Written by:
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?
Written by:
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?
Written by:
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?
Written by:
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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Bruce Willis Is Not Dead, Despite 'Very Sad News' Facebook Death Hoax
Written by:
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?
Written by:
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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Is Amazon Giving Away Pallets of Lost Packages on Facebook?
Written by:
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
Written by:
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?
Written by:
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
Written by:
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?
Written by:
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?
Written by:
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?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
03/28/2022 08:00 PDT
We broke the viral Facebook post down claim by claim.
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Did Trump Tweet ‘Stay Peaceful’ on Day of Capitol Riot?
Written by:
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'
Written by:
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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'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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