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Did a man named Sam Hyde open fire at a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht today? No, that's not true: a shooting did happen there but internet trolls immediately started blaming the comedian for it like they do with every shooting or terrorism incident. The first tweet (archived here) we spotted was published by an account named "Caïn…

Was Sam Hyde one of the gunmen who opened fire at a Christchurch, New Zealand mosque on March 15, 2019? No, that's not true: unfortunately the shooting did happen, with latest reports putting the number of dead at 48, but Sam Hyde was not the shooter. Here is a roundup of the latest news about the shooting: Christchurch mosque shooting:…

Was right-wing comedian Sam Hyde the shooter at the November 8, 2018 shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, CA? No, that's not true: while the shooting did happen, police say they have not identified the shooter yet and like with every breaking mass shooting situation internet trolls are saying the comedian did it. TAn example can…

Today there was a shooting near a Pittsburgh synagogue and predictabley people started blaming comedian Sam Hyde of being the shooter on social media even though it is not true. Police responding to 'active shooter' in Pittsburgh synagogue A gunman opened fire at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday. The gunman is believed to still…

Was right-wing comedian Sam Hyde the shooter at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas where several people were killed today by a gunman? No, that's not true. The same hoax keeps appearing over and over again whenever there is a mass casualty event. The shooting did happen, but the perpetrator was definitely not Sam Hyde. But trolls are…

There are reports coming from Toronto about a van deliberately mounting the pavement and hitting several pedestrians. Initial reports are still coming in but some people on social media are already calling it terrorism without knowing anything about the driver or his motives (if any). One thing is for certain: it won't be long before trolls will start accusing right-wing…

An active shooter situation is apparently ongoing at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California. One thing we do know for sure is not true is that Sam Hyde is the name of the shooter. Every time a mass shooting incident happens this right wing comedian gets accused of it on social media as some kind of sick in-joke by certain…