17 October 2016 A Twitter user claimed to be a postal worker who regularly destroys mailed-in Trump votes in Ohio, but the issue appeared to be a joke taken taken too seriously.
31 August 2016 A rumor that the company that created Pokémon Go was launching a Harry Potter-themed version of the game was a hoax in 2014, but reality in 2017.
17 June 2016 A false flag conspiracy about the Orlando shooting held that Google News carried word of the incident several hours before it actually took place.
20 May 2016 A social media rumor about forced cross-dressing at Sunny Oaks Elementary School appears to have been created from whole cloth.
21 January 2016 Most social media users have encountered a hoax (or ten); here's our cheat sheet on how to spot fake news before sharing happens.
5 January 2016 No, a woman didn't cause a New Year's Eve riot due to an unfortunate discharge during a series of "vodka butt shots."
14 December 2015 No, Pope Francis did not upload a selfie to Instagram.
24 November 2015 A small number of social media users created fictitious white student union Facebook pages for several large universities, but overwhelming evidence points to a hoax.
21 October 2015 No, a "study" did not determine that a third of vegetarians secretly eat meat when they're drunk. And a business linked to the claim has previously peddled several other dubious PR blitzes.
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