Facebook and Google have felt the urgency to combat fake news after internet users claimed that false stories had a drastic impact on the results of the US election. Background Fake news has ...
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10 Social Media Hoaxes and Fake News Stories of 2016: Video
2016 saw lots of social media hoaxes and fake news stories spread like wildfire across the realms of the Internet, so we made a video discussing some of the biggest and best hoaxes of the ...
Donald Trump and Watersports: A False News Frenzy
Last night (10th January 2017) #Watersports was trending on Twitter. The reason? Donald Trump had apparently been involved in 'perverted' sexual acts including watching prostitutes urinating on each ...
Jack Black is Not Dead: Celebrity Death Hoaxes
A celebrity death hoaxes seems to be a daily occurrence on social media these days, with some leading to the celebrities actually having to confirm that they are indeed still ...
Facebook Hoax: Girl Killed by Car
Just yesterday (14th December 2016) a hoax hit the realms of Facebook with a widely shared post appearing to depict a dead girl lying on the road after being run over. Although not overly explicit, ...