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  • Art: NOT A Real Video of Mark Zuckerberg Revealing The Truth About Facebook

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    Is a video of Mark Zuckerberg admitting he has total control of the stolen data of billions of people thanks to Spectre real? No, it is a deepfake made for an art project that seeks to tests Facebook's policies on false news when it comes to faked videos. The video in question can be seen here in an Instagram post…

    • Jun 11, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Art: NOT A Real Video of Mark Zuckerberg Revealing The Truth About Facebook
  • The Ultimate Christopher Blair and America's Last Line of Defense Reading List

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    Yesterday Eli Saslow at the Washington Post wrote a fantastic article about Christopher Blair, a man from Maine who has been trolling conservatives and Trump supporters online for years and occasionally even made a living out of it. Blair's main website and Facebook page are named "America's Last Line of Defense" and he uses them to publish various articles and…

    • Nov 19, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    The Ultimate Christopher Blair and America's Last Line of Defense Reading List
  • Fake News: Deciding What Is Fake News Is NOT A Task For The Public Authorities

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    Is deciding what is fake news and what is not a public task for the public authorities? No, that's not true. Only in undemocratic regimes without a free press is it the task of the public authorities to decide what is fake news and what is not. The statement that it should fall to the authorities to do this came…

    • May 23, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Deciding What Is Fake News Is NOT A Task For The Public Authorities
  • Fake News: Taco Bell Will NOT Only Serve Customers Of Mexican Descent To Fight Cultural Appropriation

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    Will only people from Mexico or from provable Mexican descent be able to get served at Taco Bell restaurants in a move to fight cultural appropriation? No, that's not true, no such announcement has been made by the company. The story came from a Christian and conservatively themed satirical website, the news is not real. The announcement appeared on May…

    • May 5, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Taco Bell Will NOT Only Serve Customers Of Mexican Descent To Fight Cultural Appropriation
  • Fake News: Planned Parenthood Did NOT Defend Bill Cosby, Did NOT Say: 'Sexual Assault Is Only 3% Of What He Does'

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    Did Planned Parenthood defend Bill Cosby by saying sexual assault is only 3% of what he does? No, that was a bit of satire from a Christian themed humor website mocking Planned Parenthood's own claim that abortions are only about 3% of their services. The story originated from an article published on April 27, 2018 by The Babylon Bee titled…

    • Apr 27, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Planned Parenthood Did NOT Defend Bill Cosby, Did NOT Say: 'Sexual Assault Is Only 3% Of What He Does'
  • Fake News: Prime Minister Did NOT Issue Reminder To UK Parents That The State Owns Their Children

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    Did U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May remind parents in the U.K. that the state owns their children and that they were "getting a little too attached" to them? No, that's not true, she didn't remind them of that. The article that claimed she said that originated on a Christian themed satire website. The fake quote appeared in an article published…

    • Apr 25, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Prime Minister Did NOT Issue Reminder To UK Parents That The State Owns Their Children
  • Fake News: 'Facebook Courts' Application NOT Launched For Trials By Social Media

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    Was a new application named "Facebook Courts" launched to organise trials via social media, letting Facebook users be the jury and court group page administrators acting as judges? No, that was a satirical story invented by a site that regularily makes up funny but untrue stories, the application is not real and doesn't actually exist. The story came from an…

    • Apr 17, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: 'Facebook Courts' Application NOT Launched For Trials By Social Media
  • Fake News: Mark Zuckerberg Did NOT Rescind Partnership With Rappler As A Fact-Checker

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    Was the fact-checking partnership to fight fake news between news website Rappler and Facebook that was just announced two days ago already rescinded by Facebook? No, that's not true: that news was made up by a satirical website which had a story marked as fake by Rappler yesterday. An article was published by The Adobo Chronicles on April 14, 2018…

    • Apr 14, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Mark Zuckerberg Did NOT Rescind Partnership With Rappler As A Fact-Checker
  • Fake News: Zuckerberg Did NOT Lose Contact Lens During Senate Hearing, Revealing NO Horrifying Lizard Eye

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    Did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lose a contact lens during the recent senate hearing and did this reveal a lizard eye? Nope, although many people believe there is a "lizard people" conspiracy saying reptilians secretly control the earth, the story about Zuckerberg being one of them is totally made up, it originated on a satire website. It was published on…

    • Apr 11, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Zuckerberg Did NOT Lose Contact Lens During Senate Hearing, Revealing NO Horrifying Lizard Eye
  • Looming Crisis As Experts Warn The World Is Running Out Of Facts To Check

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    Experts have warned a crisis is imminent as the world is running out of facts to check. A recent study by the Federal Institute for Statistics on Hoaxes (F.I.S.H.) estimated that every fact in the world would be checked as early as 2022. This would put thousands of fact checkers out of work and could even lead to a global…

    • Apr 1, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Looming Crisis As Experts Warn The World Is Running Out Of Facts To Check
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