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tag -- Home Entertainment Europe Happening Now Hoax Alert Politics Satire Tech Trendolizer Picks Video Just Because It's Trending Doesn't Mean It's True by: Tom Watkins Fact Check: Coronavirus: Act Today or People Will Die : Hunting for Fake News uses the Trendolizer engine to quickly detect trending hoaxes from hundreds of known fake news sites, satirical websites and prank generators. Now and then we also write about other interesting things that are trending online. Interested in trying it for your own site or project? Contact us today! » Most Recent Fact Check: Soldiers Are NOT On Streets Of Philly, NOT Hauling Off COVID-19 Patients To FEMA Camps Does a video of military troops walking on a sidewalk show U.S. soldiers on a Philadelphia street preparing to invoke martial law on the city and round up citizens to... [ Read the full story ] by: Alan Duke 360 shares 100 responces -- Fact Check: Coronavirus Has NOT Been Found In Crab Legs Has the novel coronavirus been found in crab legs? No, that's not true: The story making the rounds was created by a mobile phone app that allows users to make... [ Read the full story ] by: Ryan Cooper 360 shares 100 responces -- 'Invoice Barr' and the 'Second Modification': How Article Spinning Works Facebook users have been seeing some strange headlines lately, thanks largely to a clickbaiter from Pakistan. "It's Official: Fox Information Terminates Decide Pirro's Contract" There is a large network of... [ Read the full story ] by: Sarah Thompson 360 shares 100 responces -- Fact Check: NO Evidence CEO Resignations Are Linked To Global Conspiracy Do recent CEO resignations foretell a global conspiracy involving mass extinctions, automation, and economic collapse? No, that's not true: The post being widely shared is filled with fear-mongering conspiracy theories.... [ Read the full story ] by: Ryan Cooper 360 shares 100 responces -- Fact Check: Curfew NOT Issued For Bossier City Due To Coronavirus Did Bossier City, Louisiana, issue a curfew for all residents due to the novel coronavirus? No, that's not true: The site making the claim is known for creating prank stories.... [ Read the full story ] by: Ryan Cooper 360 shares 100 responces -- Fact Check: Website Urging People To Stay Home Offers Sound Advice Does a website that urges people to "stay the f--- home" offer sound advice? Yes, it does, and here is some context: A medical doctor reviewed the suggestions for Lead... [ Read the full story ] by: Ryan Cooper 360 shares 100 responces -- » More recent articles... »News & Analysis from the world of Fake News Fact Check: Coronavirus: Act Today or People Will Die Did a story about the grave threat posed by the new coronavirus overstate the threat? No, it didn't. It may sound grim, but it's backed by science, according to medical... [ Read the full story ] by: Tom Watkins 360 shares 100 responces -- 'Invoice Barr' and the 'Second Modification': How Article Spinning Works Facebook users have been seeing some strange headlines lately, thanks largely to a clickbaiter from Pakistan. "It's Official: Fox Information Terminates Decide Pirro's Contract" There is a large network of... [ Read the full story ] by: Sarah Thompson 360 shares 100 responces -- Aftermath: TheBL.com's 'Fake' Survivors Get New Faces, Duties As Foreign Net Tries To Rise From The Ashes Of Facebook Purge Editor's Note by Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke: Three days after a virtual apocalypse wiped out hundreds of fake people used to run a foreign pro-Trump network on Facebook, we... [ Read the full story ] by: Sarah Thompson 360 shares 100 responces -- TheBL Editor Reacts As Facebook Takes Down Foreign 'Fake People' Network, Admits 'We Spent Lots Of Money On Trump' Just days after revealed hundreds of "fake faces" used to mask a Vietnamese-based network of Facebook profiles and groups promoting political content on American timelines, those "people who... [ Read the full story ] by: Alan Duke 360 shares 100 responces -- Fake Faces: People Who Do Not Exist Invade Facebook To Influence 2020 Elections (Part 1) EDITORS NOTE: Meet Carolina Chaney. Take a good look at her Facebook profile photo. Maybe she looks like your kid's math teacher or your doctor. Privacy settings block us... [ Read the full story ] by: Sarah Thompson 360 shares 100 responces -- Clint Eastwood Death Hoax Tech Eerily Reminiscent of 2017 Rowan Atkinson Death Hoax Earlier this week already reported that Clint Eastwood was NOT dead, despite what a YouTube video was claiming: Fake News: Clint Eastwood is NOT Dead | ... [ Read the full story ] by: Maarten Schenk 360 shares 100 responces -- » More News & Analysis... » Europe Fake News: Oslo Police Did NOT Declare 'We Have Lost the City'... Islam Has Taken Over Did police in Oslo, Norway, declare ''we have lost the city" because Islam has taken over? No, that's not true: Police in the Oslo have repeatedly disavowed the claim, saying... [ Read the full story ] by: Chelsea Carter 360 shares 100 responces -- Fake News: Iceland Has NOT Declared Southern Baptist Churches Terrorist Organizations Did Iceland declare Southern Baptist churches terrorist organizations? No, that's not true: Iceland never made such a declaration. The story is a work of satire, though the hidden disclaimer on... [ Read the full story ] by: Ryan Cooper 360 shares 100 responces -- Fake News: Swedish Child NOT Beaten By Muslim Immigrant For Having Blue Eyes Did a Swedish child get beaten by a Muslim immigrant for having blue eyes? No, that's not true: the photo is actually of a four-year-old girl from Cardiff, Wales who... [ Read the full story ] by: Ari Sen 360 shares 100 responces -- Fake News: The Entire European Union Did NOT Vote To Ban All Single Use Plastics By 2021 Did the entire European Union vote to ban all single-use plastics by 2021? No, that's not true: this article is misleading, taking out of context the very BBC story to... [ Read the full story ] by: Molly Weisner 360 shares 100 responces -- Fake News: Greta NOT Going on Hunger Strike Until Trump is Removed Did youth climate activist Greta Thunberg threaten to go on a hunger strike until President Trump is removed? No, that's not true: Greta never made such a claim. The story... [ Read the full story ] by: Ryan Cooper 360 shares 100 responces -- Fake News: Greta Thunberg Has NOT Been Lying To The World About Her Age Has climate youth activist Greta Thunberg been lying about her age? No, that's not true: Greta is not actually 27 years old. The claim was first published by a liberal... [ Read the full story ] by: Ryan Cooper 360 shares 100 responces -- » More Europe... » Hoax Alert Fact Check: Coronavirus: Act Today or People Will Die Did a story about the grave threat posed by the new coronavirus overstate the threat? No, it didn't. It may sound grim, but it's backed by science, according to medical... [ Read the full story ] by: Tom Watkins 360 shares 100 responces -- Fact Check: Soldiers Are NOT On Streets Of Philly, NOT Hauling Off COVID-19 Patients To FEMA Camps Does a video of military troops walking on a sidewalk show U.S. soldiers on a Philadelphia street preparing to invoke martial law on the city and round up citizens to... [ Read the full story ] by: Alan Duke 360 shares 100 responces -- Fact Check: Coronavirus Has NOT Been Found In Crab Legs Has the novel coronavirus been found in crab legs? No, that's not true: The story making the rounds was created by a mobile phone app that allows users to make... [ Read the full story ] by: Ryan Cooper 360 shares 100 responces -- 'Invoice Barr' and the 'Second Modification': How Article Spinning Works Facebook users have been seeing some strange headlines lately, thanks largely to a clickbaiter from Pakistan. "It's Official: Fox Information Terminates Decide Pirro's Contract" There is a large network of... [ Read the full story ] by: Sarah Thompson 360 shares 100 responces -- Fact Check: NO Evidence CEO Resignations Are Linked To Global Conspiracy Do recent C...