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Snopes-ing 101
Clearing the Frame: Seeing Through Disingenuous Captions
Written by:
Dan Evon
April 15, 2022
Bird poop? Shaking hands with thin air? Captions can falsely frame shared content in politically ...
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Media Literacy: How to Spot T-Shirts Bearing Fabricated Messages
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
March 30, 2022
Sometimes, misinformation wears its heart on its sleeve.
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Red Flags: How to Identify Suspicious Rumors
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
March 28, 2022
For International Fact-Checking Day, we look at common techniques used to identify dubious stori ...
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This Headline Doesn't Tell You Everything You Need To Know
Written by:
Jordan Liles
March 23, 2022
Neither does this slightly smaller text known as a "subhead."
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Snopes Tips: A Guide To Performing Reverse Image Searches
Written by:
Dan Evon
March 22, 2022
Knowing how to perform a reverse image search is vital for social media users.
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Snopes Tips: How To Detect and Avoid Online Scams
Written by:
David Emery
Feb. 27, 2022
There are countless "exclusive reward," "free coupon," and "free product" scams on social media. ...
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How Snopes Monitors 'Virtue Signaling' on Social Media
Written by:
Jessica Lee
Jan. 31, 2022
June 1 marks the beginning of Pride Month — and likely a flood of posts recognizing the celebrat ...
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Snopesing 101: How Snopes Fact Checks Racial Propaganda
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 15, 2022
And how you, the reader, can do the same ...
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Snopestionary: What Is 'Troll Bait'?
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Jan. 8, 2022
A quick primer on troll bait and why you shouldn't take it.
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Snopes Tips: How To Avoid Ad Arbitrage Clickbait
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jan. 2, 2022
"Ad arbitrage" is when website owners create stories that are broken up into multiple pages, pla ...
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Snopestionary: Misinformation vs. Disinformation
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Dec. 26, 2021
Both words refer to false information, but one type is more insidious than the other.
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Snopes Tips: How to Spot Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Dec. 18, 2021
People and groups sometimes hide their identities on social media in order to mislead and/or inf ...
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Snopes Tips: Honing Your Search Skills
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Dec. 12, 2021
How to harness the power of search engines to find the information you want.
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Snopestionary: What Does 'Shadow-Ban' Mean?
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Dec. 11, 2021
Sometimes the reason no one seems to be reading your social media posts is that a platform has h ...
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Snopes Tips: Identifying the 'Right' Results in a Search Engine
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Nov. 27, 2021
Vigilance is the order of the day.
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4 Quick Tips for Avoiding Misinformation in a Pandemic
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Nov. 18, 2021
Making sure to not spread misinformation during COVID-19 is a responsibility we all share.
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Snopestionary: What Is a False Premise?
Written by:
Bond Huberman
Sept. 24, 2021
All it takes is one false premise to make a logical argument unsound.
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Snopestionary: What Is Copypasta?
Written by:
Bond Huberman
David Emery
Sept. 19, 2021
Before there was "sharing" — before there was even social media — there was copying and pasting ...
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Don't Fall for Troll Bait
Written by:
Brandon Echter
May 19, 2021
Entire careers and publications are built on content that makes you mad. The only way to win is ...
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