7 September 2018 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.
1 August 2018 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.
1 June 2018 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.
14 May 2018 The #PitbullDropOff hashtag and related claims of mass dog killing stem from a sophomoric troll attempt with origins in 4chan.
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.
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.
21 March 2018 A grotesque hoax involving doctored images of people in bathrooms managed to trick some Internet users.
13 February 2018 Far-right pundits went off the deep end after African-American artist Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama was unveiled.
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.
7 December 2017 Claims that the LGBT community is adding a "P" to represent "pedosexuals" originated with a homophobic smear campaign.
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.
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.
