A spate of blog posts attempted to link the rape of a 10-year-old girl in her home to laws allowing transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to their identity.
An ACLU executive in Georgia resigned after claiming her children were upset by the presence of transgender women in a bathroom, concurrently announcing the launch of a new "civil rights" group.
Rumors of the rapper's demise spread in December 2019 after posts on "prank" news websites.
A meme circulating on social media was posted amid impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump.
Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year has been the subject of numerous false rumors.
Conspiracy theorists outdid themselves in October 2019 in response to the Ukraine scandal that threatened Donald Trump's presidency with impeachment.
The Florida congressman’s mug shot is real, but memes that make use of the image provide false information.