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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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Does a New Facebook Algorithm Only Show You 26 Friends?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
02/06/2018 05:21 PST Facebook hasn't limited your feed to only a certain number of people, and sharing a post saying ...
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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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Online Pics Do Not Show Joe Biden Naked with Young Girl

Written by:
Jordan Liles
07/12/2022 09:46 PDT A tweet falsely claimed that pictures from Hunter Biden's laptop show his father, President Joe ...
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Social Security 'Fun Facts'

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David Emery
07/06/2017 17:17 PDT In which we check into some "fun facts" about Social Security from a Facebook meme saying the go ...
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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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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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Did a Michigan School District Install Litter Boxes in Bathrooms?

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Dan MacGuill
01/24/2022 04:13 PST The Michigan GOP seized upon the uncorroborated claims of a Midland woman about the presence of ...
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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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Does a 'New Facebook Rule' About Use of Photos Start Tomorrow?

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Jordan Liles
06/16/2022 04:14 PDT "Don’t forget tomorrow starts the new Facebook rule where they can use your photos," the viral p ...
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Is This List of Changes to Social Security Over the Years Real?

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David Mikkelson
10/29/2005 19:01 PDT The Social Security system has been subject to debate for many decades.
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FALSE: Facebook Privacy Removal

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David Mikkelson
06/04/2012 05:00 PDT Rumor: Facebook is 'deleting all privacy settings' and 'getting rid of its privacy policy.'
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Oprah Winfrey did not suffer a tragedy or die in May 2022 nor did she endorse keto weight loss gummies in Time magazine with Ellen DeGeneres.

Did Oprah Winfrey Suffer a 'Tragedy' and Endorse Keto Weight Loss Gummies?

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Jordan Liles
05/12/2022 07:09 PDT We looked into text messages that appeared to claim that Oprah Winfrey had died, displaying the ...
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A rumor says that Elon Musk received wealth or inheritance from an apartheid or slave emerald mine.

What We Know About Elon Musk and the Emerald Mine Rumor

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Jordan Liles
11/17/2022 10:32 PST A story about Musk's father once owning an emerald mine evolved into a larger rumor that had no ...
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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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vaccines and sudden adult death syndrome

No, Vaccines Aren't Linked to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome

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Bethania Palma
06/15/2022 08:58 PDT The rare deaths in young adults have been linked to cardiac disorders.
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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?

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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Elon Musk Was an Undocumented Immigrant?

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Dan Evon
02/11/2016 06:47 PST A meme on Facebook claimed that Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk came into the U.S. without documentat ...
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A Facebook hoax claimed that to regain friends in your news feed and get rid of ads, copy and paste some text into a post to upgrade the system, then say hello new and old friends.

Facebook Hoax Promises Way 'To Regain Friends and Get Rid of Ads'

Written by:
Jordan Liles
10/20/2022 04:56 PDT If only "copypasta" worked that way.
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