Internet Hoaxes

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Is Facebook limiting the reach of Facebook posts to 7%?

A long running rumour that causes plenty of confusion amongst Facebook users is the assertion that Facebook are limiting the…

10 years ago
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Perth teen defamed on Facebook by Internet bandwagon

We’ve discussed on many an occasion about the problems of spreading unverified messages via social media that identify and condem…

10 years ago
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Britain First Fail: Group share fake image to followers

Far right group Britain First are once again in the firing line regarding their role in propagating online rumours aimed…

10 years ago
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No, Oreo’s are NOT releasing a fried chicken flavour

Rumours are spreading via social media that popular cookie manufacturer Oreo are producing a fried chicken flavour. And whilst some…

10 years ago
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The Rainbow Twangers “Plucking Song” episode – did it air?

Online messages claim an innuendo-laden episode of kids program Rainbow was aired on television during the 1970s featuring "The Plucking…

10 years ago
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Ringo Starr and the Paul McCartney death confession

As far as conspiracies go, they don't get much more persistent or infuriating that the decades old theory that Beatles…

10 years ago
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Naked man escapes Buckingham Palace video DEBUNKED

A video circulating the Internet appears to show a naked man climbing down from a top floor window at Buckingham…

10 years ago
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3 Reasons why people see “the dress” in different colours.

If you’ve been hearing some nonsense about the colour of a dress recently, then you’re certainly not alone. Social media…

10 years ago
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17 Year old boy first victim of e-cigarettes DEBUNKED.

Rumours are circulating that a 17 year old boy has just become the first victim of e-cigarettes, after they gave…

10 years ago
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HIV infected oranges coming in from Libya? DEBUNKED

Rumours are spreading via social media that HIV infected oranges are being transported into Algeria and other Middle Eastern countries…

10 years ago