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Facebook To Charge Users $7.99 Per Month, as 'Channel 13 News' Reported?

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Jordan Liles
Sep 13, 2023 Facebook users alerted friends of the purported breaking news in copy-and-paste posts.
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Did You Receive a 'New COVID Health Advisory' Message? It's Fake

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Aug 29, 2023 The viral message warns of a new strain that is supposedly "different, deadly, and not easily de ...
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'Here's How To Bypass the System' Post Is a Facebook Hoax

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Jordan Liles
Aug 17, 2023 The Facebook hoax that never ends often brings a fair share of users who misunderstand the platf ...
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Viral Post Claims Woman's Rental Car Was Marked with 'AF' for 'Alone Female'

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Jordan Liles
Aug 8, 2023 We've seen our fair share of stories alluding to criminal schemes like these in the past, usuall ...
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A phone that says Facebook is next to the Facebook logo.

Is Facebook Set To Begin Charging $4.99 Per Month?

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jun 14, 2023 Snopes has encountered this false claim before. Repeatedly.
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Facebook users copied and pasted a post that talked about accounts being hijacked.

'Everyone Is Slowly Getting Hijacked' Facebook Posts Resemble an Old Hoax

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Jordan Liles
May 22, 2023 Here's the lowdown on this specific copy-and-paste message that was being posted in May 2023.
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An avocado with an Apeel sticker is pictured.

Are Fruits and Vegetables With 'Apeel' Stickers Safe to Eat?

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 2, 2023 People have been coating their produce with artificial protective coatings for over 900 years.
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amazon snake cat picture is fake

What We Know About This Viral 'Snake Cat' Image

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Mar 15, 2023 There is no proof that "serpens catus" is a real animal.
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Text, Label, Paper

Does a 'New Facebook Rule' About Use of Photos Start Tomorrow?

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Jordan Liles
Jun 16, 2022 "Don’t forget tomorrow starts the new Facebook rule where they can use your photos," the viral p ...
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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
Oct 14, 2022 Meta has never announced any plans that they would start charging users to be on Facebook.
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16 Examples of Misleading (or False) 'Copypasta' Messages

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Feb 26, 2023 This type of post asks people to copy, paste and share text — and doesn't always relay the truth.
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facebook hacker warning friend request

Look Out For These 'Copypasta' Messages on Facebook

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Feb 23, 2023 Not only is Facebook the source of many copy-and-pasted texts but the subject, as well. Here are ...
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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'

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Jordan Liles
Oct 20, 2022 If only "copypasta" worked that way.
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Facebook posts claimed that officers were dispatched to a vehicle unlock this morning in a town and that once they arrived they found the vehicle locked with a bear inside, needless to say bear - 1 and vehicle - 0."

Facebook Scam Claims Officers Found Bear Inside Car in Your Town

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Jordan Liles
Oct 20, 2022 Facebook scammers residing in Africa kept changing the town name when reposting this real story ...
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Facebook posts say that, "988 is a new system that recently went live to help people reach help in a mental health crisis."

Yes, 988 Is a Real US Number for Mental Health Crises and Suicidal Thoughts

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Jordan Liles
Oct 24, 2022 Facebook users copied and pasted posts that mentioned 988, which truly is the first nationwide t ...
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A whole lot of truth about gas prices

'A Whole Lot of Truth' (and Some Misleading Info) About Gas Prices

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Dan Evon
Jun 24, 2022 A viral piece of copypasta gets a few things wrong about gas prices.
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A Facebook post began with the words Montana girl and said 11 YR OLD WHO SHOT ILLEGALS and thanks FOX NEWS for reporting it.

Is the '11 Yr Old Who Shot Illegals' Story True?

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Jordan Liles
Jun 21, 2022 According to Facebook posts, an 11-year-old girl named Patricia Harrington ...
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A viral Facebook post said there would be a diesel exhaust fluid DEF shortage because of a lack of urea fertilizer and that it would cause a shortage of trucking and food supply in the future.

Posts About Diesel Exhaust Fluid Shortages Are Misleading

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Jordan Liles
Jun 20, 2022 You may have seen copied and pasted Facebook posts raising alarms about Union Pacific, Pilot Fly ...
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Facebook posts claimed that cellphones are being hacked and that a Homeland Security official issued a memo to keep food and fuel and supplies ready for an emergency plan because of Ukraine and Russia.

Facebook Posts About Homeland Security Memos and 'Hacked' Cellphones Are Misleading

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Mar 28, 2022 "Don't know if this is true but better safe than sorry," one Facebook user posted.
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Person, Human, Face

Snopestionary: What Is Copypasta?

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Bond Huberman David Emery
Sep 19, 2021 Before there was "sharing" — before there was even social media — there was copying and pasting ...
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