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Baby cancer and heart transplant hoaxes on Facebook

10

Jan

2012

Facebook is a fertile breeding ground for hoaxes, spam and chain letters. Users of the social network have to wade through a seemingly constant tide of messages shared by their well-meaning friends, making it hard to sort the wheat from the chaff. Here’s an example that is spreading across Facebook right now, claiming that Facebook […]

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Facebook Invitation and the Olympic Torch

24

Nov

2011

Old hoaxes never die. They just get transplanted to Facebook. Sometimes literally, when a classic email hoax starts to spread with minor emendations through Facebook message or news feeds. In this case, the actual message (at least, as I received it) is still email, but it’s been adapted to appeal to the more than 800 million Facebook […]

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CASEY ANTHONY ADOPTS A BABY | Another Hoax by the Weekly World News

18

Nov

2011

The Weekly World News strikes again! This spoof site has been responsible for several Facebook hoaxes in the past. Their latest story spreading rapidly on Facebook claims that Casey Anthony adopted a 2 year-old girl from Eastern Europe. Clicking the wall post takes you to the full, yet bogus story:If you look around this site, you […]

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