Are People Adopting Pit Bull Terriers for the Sole Purpose of Euthanizing Them?
14 May 2018 The #PitbullDropOff hashtag and related claims of mass dog killing stem from a sophomoric troll attempt with origins in 4chan.
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Is This the First Caravan Member to Be Granted Asylum in the United States?
2 May 2018 A cynical attempt to smear asylum seekers in the 2018 “caravan” of immigrants is actually a 2009 photo from a pornographic website.
Is Starbucks Offering Coupons for Black Customers Only?
18 April 2018 A Starbucks coupon for customers of "African-American heritage" only was a piece of divisive propaganda pushed by a popular internet forum.
Did People Start Licking Toilets as a Protest Against Donald Trump?
21 March 2018 A grotesque hoax involving doctored images of people in bathrooms managed to trick some Internet users.
Does Barack Obama’s Official Portrait Contain Secret Images of Sperm?
13 February 2018 Far-right pundits went off the deep end after African-American artist Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama was unveiled.
Did Nancy Pelosi Scold a Democrat for Standing at the State of the Union Address?
1 February 2018 Images showing Nancy Pelosi pointing a finger at a Linda Sanchez are authentic, but a video of the event tells a different story.
Is ‘LGBT’ Adding a ‘P’ for Pedosexuals?
7 December 2017 Claims that the LGBT community is adding a "P" to represent "pedosexuals" originated with a homophobic smear campaign.
Did an Anonymous 4chan User Predict the Las Vegas Shooting Three Weeks in Advance?
6 October 2017 There is no proof that a vague post the day before the anniversary of 9/11 "predicted" the mass shooting on 1 October 2017.
Starbucks Dreamer Day
7 August 2017 Starbucks Dreamer Day was a hoax concocted on 4chan's /pol/ forum as a way to drive a wedge between liberal groups.
Are People Identifying as ‘Clovergender’?
6 January 2017 The term was evidently created by pranksters in order to mock individuals of non-binary gender.
Hillary Clinton and #DraftOurDaughters
28 October 2016 Fabricated tweets suggested Hillary Clinton praised wars, using the hashtag #DraftOurDaughters.
