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A picture in a viral tweet purportedly showed an Applebee's sign that had the words adult spouse and the tweet claimed the company was welcoming child brides.
Does an Applebee’s ‘Adult Spouse’ Sign Welcome ‘Child Brides’?
  • 8 August 2022
A viral tweet with a picture of a sign said: "Fascists attacking drag bars, meanwhile...
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Does an Applebee’s ‘Adult Spouse’ Sign Welcome ‘Child Brides’?
FILE - The Twitter splash page is displayed on a digital device in San Diego, April 25, 2022. Twitter has filed a response to claims by billionaire Elon Musk that he has legitimate reasons for wanting to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company. In a counterclaim filed Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, Twitter calls Musk's reasoning “a story, imagined in an effort to escape a merger agreement that Musk no longer found attractive once the stock market—and along with it, his massive personal wealth—declined in value.” (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Musk Countersuit Accuses Twitter of Fraud
  • 5 August 2022
Elon Musk accused Twitter of fraud in a countersuit over his aborted $44 billion deal...
  • AP News
Musk Countersuit Accuses Twitter of Fraud
A Meta Portal Go is displayed during a preview of the Meta Store in Burlingame, Calif., Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta posted its first revenue decline in history on Thursday, July 27, 2022 dragged by a drop in ad spending as the economy falters — and as competition from rival TikTok intensifies. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Facebook Parent Meta Posts First Revenue Decline in History
  • 28 July 2022
The results largely followed a broader decline in the digital advertising market that is dinging...
  • AP News
Facebook Parent Meta Posts First Revenue Decline in History
An online video titled as "Brazil in a nutshell" or "another day in Night City" did not show real-world gun violence captured on video.
‘Brazil in a Nutshell’ Street Gunfire Video Shows TV Series Filming
  • 27 July 2022
According to HoaxEye, a video of men on a motorcycle trading gunfire with others in...
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‘Brazil in a Nutshell’ Street Gunfire Video Shows TV Series Filming
A meme titled nobody wants to work anymore was described as a brief history of capitalists complaining that nobody wants to work for starvation wages.
‘Nobody Wants to Work Anymore’ Meme Cites Real Newspaper Articles
  • 25 July 2022
We looked for the origins of clippings from 14 articles that were published between 1894...
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‘Nobody Wants to Work Anymore’ Meme Cites Real Newspaper Articles
A picture did not show Marjorie Taylor Greene with a Trump figurine with a red hat on a cross behind her while she was reading the Bible.
Photo of Trump Figurine on Cross Behind Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Fake
  • 20 July 2022
A TikTok video appeared to claim that the Georgia congresswoman owned a figurine of former...
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Photo of Trump Figurine on Cross Behind Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Fake
FILE - Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington on March 9, 2020. An epic legal fight between Musk and Twitter began in earnest in a Delaware court on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, as lawyers for both sides fought over when to start the trial. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Twitter-Musk Takeover Dispute Heading for an October Trial
  • 20 July 2022
Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a...
  • AP News
Twitter-Musk Takeover Dispute Heading for an October Trial
Pictures, videos, and a meme showed that a dog named Negro once knew how to present a leaf for a cookie at a school in Monterrey, Colombia.
Did Negro the Colombian Dog Pay for Cookies with Leaves?
  • 18 July 2022
This is the true story of a very good boy.
  • Fact Check
Did Negro the Colombian Dog Pay for Cookies with Leaves?
Mike Tyson once said or post that quote social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.
Did Mike Tyson Post About Social Media Making People ‘Too Comfortable’?
  • 15 July 2022
While researching how — and where — this quote meme about former heavyweight champ Mike...
  • Fact Check
Did Mike Tyson Post About Social Media Making People ‘Too Comfortable’?
There's no evidence Oprah ever said When people treat you like they don't care, believe them.
Did Oprah Say, ‘When People Treat You Like They Don’t Care, Believe Them’?
  • 19 July 2022
We looked back several years on social media to find the origins of a quote...
  • Fact Check
Did Oprah Say, ‘When People Treat You Like They Don’t Care, Believe Them’?
A rumor said that police or law enforcement officers went inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Texas to rescue their own children on the day of the deadly mass shooting.
Did Officers Rescue Own Children During Uvalde School Shooting?
  • 14 July 2022
A number of rumors came out of the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in...
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Did Officers Rescue Own Children During Uvalde School Shooting?
According to a false rumor Paul Pelosi Jr was pictured with a tied up Asian girl doing lines of coke and the photograph came from Hunter Biden's laptop.
Pic Doesn’t Show Paul Pelosi Jr. with ‘Tied Up Asian Girl Doing Lines of Coke’
  • 13 July 2022
A picture shared by conspiracy theorists since 2019 made the rounds again following the alleged...
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Pic Doesn’t Show Paul Pelosi Jr. with ‘Tied Up Asian Girl Doing Lines of Coke’
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The Poptopic blog claimed without evidence that Disney has allegedly offered Johnny Depp a USD $301 million contract deal for him to return as Jack Sparrow in another Pirates of the Caribbean film and a Disney Plus series.
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