November 2015 Paris attack, hoaxes and rumours
As is often the case with breaking news events, a series of hoaxes and rumours have…
No, 18k people didn’t die in Friday 13th Japan earthquake
There has been plenty of confusion on social media as messages claiming that 18 thousand people…
What is Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack? Jargon Buster
We explain what a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) is, how it works and how you…
Escaped convict posts Facebook Mexico selfies. Gets arrested.
A less than bright escaped convict named Nick Grove managed to get himself arrested by authorities…
The two legged San Jose alien has been debunked
Internet users in November 2015 logged into their Facebook or Reddit accounts to see a pretty…
Fighting app Rumblr fools the Internet and media
A website purporting to offer an app that allows people to arrange fights with each other…
Has Ophiuchus just been added to the zodiac calendar?
Rumours online claim that a 13th sign of the zodiac called Ophiuchus has “been confirmed” or…
Apparently the red Starbucks cups hate Christmas
Claims are spreading across social media like wildfire that Starbucks is engaging in “Christian-cleansing” and that…
The 36 books for 1 “book exchange” pyramid scheme debunked…
Last week we wrote about a pyramid scheme called the “kids book exchange” that claimed participants…
Britain First refuse to remove photo of poppy sellers
Britain First have been “standing watch” over poppy sellers… apparently. UK extreme right-wing organisation Britain First…