France Covered Up Torture and Mutilation of Bataclan Victims
After the Bastille Day attack in Nice, news outlets rehashed debunked claims that France actively covered up horrifying details of torture at the Bataclan in November 2015 attacks.
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American Teen Survives Three Terrorist Attacks
A 19-year-old who was hit by shrapnel in Brussels was also uncomfortably close to two other terrorist attacks.
FALSE: Syrian Children Killed After Paris Attacks
A photo does not depict children killed in French and American airstrikes following the Paris attacks.
Hashtag #JeSuisChien Honors Slain Police Dog Diesel
Authorities in France confirmed Diesel, a 7-year-old police dog, was killed by an explosive device during a counterterror raid in Saint-Denis.
Tragedy of the Comments
The children in the photo died in Syria in 2013, not Paris in 2015.
Fret Matrix
NYPD confirmed there's "no truth" to a rumor about a credible threat against the NYC Subway system.
Shi’a La Snuff
Social media interest in Abu Azrael and his role in fighting ISIS escalated after the Paris attacks, but little is known about the Shi'a fighter.
Did the Boston Marathon Bombers Enter the U.S. as Refugees?
The Boston Marathon bombing perpetrators were often described as refugees, but their family actually entered the U.S. on tourist visas.
Refugee Champs
A Facebook rumor claims images depict "starving" refugees from Syria just entering the U.S., but the pictures were actually taken in Australia back in 2013.
Now Zouheir This
An uplifting social media rumor about the purportedly heroic actions of a security guard named Zouheir during the Paris attacks was largely inaccurate.
The Wig Sleazy
A photograph depicting the arrival of 10,000 Syrian refugees in New Orleans was taken in Hungary in September 2015 and was used to leverage fear following the November 2015 ISIS Paris attacks.
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Does a New Facebook Algorithm Only Show You 26 Friends?
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