When does a hoax stop being a hoax? The “OK” sign and “White Power”
In April 2017, two journalists sparked outcry on social media – and subsequently the mainstream media…
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Dwayne Johnson calls spammers ‘fake pieces of s***,’ and warns followers
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has warned his social media followers not to engage with fake Facebook…
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Fake Warren Buffett is fooling thousands of users on Twitter
A fake Warren Buffett Twitter account provides a good lesson in spotting fake impersonation accounts on…
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Facebook is assigning you a private trustworthiness score
Facebook hosts a lot of misinformation. And we mean a lot. After all, the Internet’s largest…
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Infowars and Alex Jones banned from Facebook, iTunes and Spotify
Conspiracy website Infowars.com, hosted by Alex Jones, has had its official Facebook pages removed as well…
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Facebook bans accounts suspected of meddling in US midterms
Facebook has announced it has removed a number of accounts and pages that could have been…
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Scam emails are claiming to infect computers with WannaCry ransomware
In May 2017, hundreds of thousands of computers and networks became infected with the notorious WannaCry…
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Genealogy website MyHeritage had 92 million users details leaked
The online genealogy website MyHeritage has said in a statement that they have experienced a significant…
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VPNFilter malware infects over 500,000 home routers
It may not have been given a particularly catchy name, but a piece of malware named…
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Owners of Mugshots.com arrested, own mugshots spreading online
The people behind the website Mugshots.com have been charged with extortion, and in an ironic twist…
