Users of the controversial online forum 4Chan produced racially-charged and potentially dangerous fake coupons, in the aftermath of Nike's endorsement deal with Colin Kaepernick.
A sign reading "Pedophiles are People Too" was briefly pinned to a telephone pole near a school in Oregon, but this poster was likely created as part of a troll campaign.
A sign informing Starbucks customers that stores would be closed in order to "educate white people about their racism" was not created by the coffee chain.
The #PitbullDropOff hashtag and related claims of mass dog killing stem from a sophomoric troll attempt with origins in 4chan.
A cynical attempt to smear asylum seekers in the 2018 “caravan” of immigrants is actually a 2009 photo from a pornographic website.
A Starbucks coupon for customers of "African-American heritage" only was a piece of divisive propaganda pushed by a popular internet forum.
A grotesque hoax involving doctored images of people in bathrooms managed to trick some Internet users.
Far-right pundits went off the deep end after African-American artist Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama was unveiled.
Images showing Nancy Pelosi pointing a finger at a Linda Sanchez are authentic, but a video of the event tells a different story.
Claims that the LGBT community is adding a "P" to represent "pedosexuals" originated with a homophobic smear campaign.
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 was a hoax concocted on 4chan's /pol/ forum as a way to drive a wedge between liberal groups.
Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the subject of recurrent controversies, including ones regarding her marriages and family immigration history.
A frequent producer of junk news managed to trick some readers into believing that the popular actor had died in July 2019.
The photo was shared by the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan with a message congratulating the team for its World Cup win.
A widely-shared meme offered a malicious quotation attributed to the Minnesota Democrat.
"WARNING: Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow!"
