Laminin, an Important Protein that Looks Like a Cross-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor talks of a substance called “laminin” that is described as part of a family of proteins that “hold us ...

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On July 6 2023, a post to Reddit’s r/todayilearned subreddit shared a post about United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and “The Business Plot” of 1933: FDR and the Business Plot on r ...

On May 23 2023, several social media posts popped up with the jarring claim that a majority of book removal or book ban requests in American schools were an effort by the same eleven individuals: ...

Across a deceptively tranquil lake scene, text read: This is Lake Superior. It has three quadrillion gallons of COLD water. Water that is so cold, a dead body will never float to the surface, because ...

On June 7 2023, amid right-wing book-banning attempts sweeping the United States, poet and author Amanda Gorman addressed the banning of her own book The Hill We Climb at a Florida elementary school.

A statement from former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been recirculated online, to the point where it commands its own Facebook “ page,” but not without some disinformation concerning its true ...

On June 29 2022, Trendolizer listed a blog post from Heritage Action for America (“Myth vs. Fact: SCOTUS Dobbs Decision and America’s Attitude on Abortion”) as a virally popular link in circulation on ...

A June 4 2022 tweet about the latest in a purported string of food processing plant fires (or “food factory” fires) built on other, similar narratives in order to go viral: The tweet addressed others ...

On May 24 2023, Target issued a statement regarding Pride Month in 2023, disclosing a controversial decision to change course in response to purported violent threats against its employees: Target ...

Fact Check Claim: If you purchase a small plot of land in Scotland, it confers the formal title of “Lord” or “Lady.” Description: The claim involves a company named ‘Established Titles’ that is said ...

On June 16 2023, a Reddit user shared a post (“Comer admits nobody has heard from alleged Biden informant for three years”) to r/politics: It was shared at a time when several prominent subreddits ...