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American Psychic Claims To Have ‘Made Contact’ With Missing Joshlin Smith [Video]
28 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
In a distasteful and opportunistic display of psychic prowess, psychic Kandis Starr claims to have ‘channelled’ the missing girl.
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Not A Good Look – Elon Musk Violates X Policy With Deepfake Spoofing Kamala Harris
30 Jul 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The fake news video that Musk shared last week alters a recent campaign video Harris released, one that makes it sound like the presidential candidate said things she didn’t.
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Angry China Is Spreading Misinformation About Japan’s ‘Radioactive’ Fish[Video]
04 Sep 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Despite numerous incidents racking up, including rocks thrown at Japanese children in Chinese schools, boycotts against Japanese products, and hundreds of hostile phone calls, there is no proof that China’s citizens have been directly harmed by the Fukushima water release.
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Turns Out, That R500 Note Is Just a Note-Worthy Rumour
14 Jun 2022 by Paula / No Comments
A fake post doing the rounds on social media had some South Africans convinced that a new R500 note would soon be introduced into our national currency.
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Eastern Cape Village Fears Man Mauled To Death By ‘Werewolf’
12 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
On October 25, in Kwaqongqota, a small village near Qonce, a man was found mauled to death with horrific bite marks all over his body.
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Fake News Alert – Cape Town Malls Are Not Being Targeted
15 Jul 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said that widely shared messages talking about seven Cape malls being targeted “drove me mad last night”.
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Facebook Will Warn You About Fake News Pages
27 May 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
In the latest step towards battling fake news, Facebook is including measures that call out pages for repeatedly spreading fake news.
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From QAnon To Anti-Vaxxers: Five Excellent Conspiracy Theory And Misinformation Podcasts
16 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
There is so much misinformation doing the rounds these days that it’s sometimes difficult to separate fact from fiction, if you don’t know what to look out for.
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Were You Behind Yesterday’s Booze Ban Voicenote? The Police Are Coming [Video]
26 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Once the voicenote began to spread, South Africans rushed to the bottle store in fear of being caught out once more.
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Tired Of The WhatsApp Conspiracy Theory Messages? You’ll Like This New Feature
05 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh, look, another WhatsApp message with a link to an article containing easily debunked misinformation. Enter WhatsApp’s latest feature.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
08 Apr 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments
WhatsApp group admin warning. Boris J update. US record death toll. ‘Flat rainbow’ spotted. Deadly Oz shark attack. R. Kelly denied. Bruce and Demi on lockdown.
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Jail Time For South Africans Spreading Fake News About Coronavirus
20 Mar 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Think twice and verify the facts before you share that coronavirus WhatsApp message or Facebook post or you could find yourself in jail.
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Facebook’s White Van Kidnapping Rumour Has Got Completely Out Of Hand
05 Dec 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Parents across the US are panicking about a sex trafficking syndicate using white vans, despite the fact that there is zero evidence to back up these claims.
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Trump’s Sons Insist He Wasn’t Booed At UFC Fight – But There’s This Video
04 Nov 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The Trump spawn are helping their dad along with a lie about how he was well received at a UFC event at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
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Inside The Anti-Vaxxer Meetings Spreading Deadly Misinformation
15 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Anti-vaxxers gathered just outside of New York for cake, coffee, and misinformation, while the number of people infected with measles rises.
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Send This To Your ‘Friend’ Spreading Fake News And Casual Racism Over WhatsApp
28 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
There’s now a way to fact check those dodgy viral messages on WhatsApp, which seem to spread like wildfire before anyone bothers to search for the truth.
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Facebook, Genuinely, Does Not Care
14 Dec 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Journalists working as fact-checkers for Facebook are claiming that the social media platform has ignored their concerns, and failed to use their expertise to combat misinformation.
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Complete Lie: Homeless Man’s Fake Generosity Raises R5,6 Million Crowdfunding
16 Nov 2018 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
People were moved to donate to the fundraising initiative for the kindly homeless man who helped a stranded woman – turns out the entire story was an elaborate scam.
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Everything We Know About SA’s Fake News Farm
15 Nov 2018 by Carrie / 2 Comments
A number of local websites have made headlines for sharing outrageous fake news – most notably Mzansistories. They have finally been exposed.
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There’s More To The ‘Bieber Eats A Burrito Sideways’ Picture Than Meets The Eye [Video]
29 Oct 2018 by Carrie / 1 Comment
You might have seen everyone having a dig at the pop superstar for his weird burrito-eating technique. Turns out the joke was on them.
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That Story About A Woman Throwing Bleach On ‘Manspreaders’ Is Fake News [Video]
09 Oct 2018 by Carrie / 1 Comment
A viral video supposedly showing a Russian feminist pouring bleach onto the crotches of ‘manspreading’ men isn’t quite what it was thought to be.
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Facebook Is Trying To Stop Your Idiot SA Friends From Forwarding You Fake News
05 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Yesterday, Facebook launched its anti-fake-news tools in South Africa, which will allow users to report fake news and have it flagged.
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Here’s TBWA\Hunt Lascaris’ Controversial Fake News Ad For The Apartheid Museum [Video]
24 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
An advert for the Apartheid Museum, created by agency TBWA\Hunt Lascaris, won a gold Loerie award recently. Now that could be revoked.
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People Are Dying Because Of WhatsApp And Zuckerberg Is Not Handling
25 Jul 2018 by Nereesha Patel / 7 Comments
Mark Zuckerberg has seen his fair share of headaches this year, and the latest one sees people dying due to the spread of fake WhatsApp messages.
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Admit It – Your Friends Are Spreading Fake News On WhatsApp
18 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / 1 Comment
We often tend to believe news shared with us by friends, but a recent study shows that we might need to be more vigilant on that front, too.
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New Facebook Ad Acknowledges How Bad Things Have Become [Video]
26 Apr 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Oh dear. In an effort to assure us that the social network is returning to normal, Facebook thought this ad would be appropriate.
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Seven Things Zuckerberg Needs To Nail During His Testimony Today
10 Apr 2018 by Reinhardt / No Comments
The Facebook boss is preparing for the biggest test of his life, and the world will be watching. Here’s what he needs to nail down during his grilling.
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Largest Ever Study Of Fake News Draws Some Pretty Sad Conclusions
09 Mar 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The world’s largest social media platforms are trying to battle the scourge of fake news, but their biggest issue is how willingly users are sharing it.
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If You Missed Trump’s Very Own ‘Fake News Awards’ – Here Are The Winners
18 Jan 2018 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Donnie D gets a kick out of duelling with the media, but now he’s taken things a step further with his ‘Fake News Awards’. Yes, this is real life.
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270 Million Facebook Accounts Are Fake – As Much As US Population
03 Nov 2017 by Reinhardt / No Comments
Facebook continues to be slammed for Russian-linked propaganda during the 2016 U.S. elections, and it doesn’t end there.
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