For years, right-wing politicans and bloggers have leaned on the legend of a purported attempt by Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy in 1983 to contact the leader of the Soviet Union when seeking to counter ...

A March 2009 event honoring then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has lingered on for years online, as both right-wing political figures and internet “influencers” have linked her to another ...

Summary of eRumor: After Thomas Edison’s school teacher called him addled or mentally ill in a letter, Edison’s mother hid the letter from the young inventor and homeschooled him so that Edison could ...

In October 2019, the following post appeared on Reddit’s r/gaming, claiming that the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) title Super Mario Bros. was 40 KB (kilobytes) of data, and the ...

On August 27 2020, Facebook user Mckenzie Clayton shared a screenshot of what appeared to be her own share of an August 2019 post; Clayton’s screenshot included a Facebook flag indicating that the ...

Claim: Resilience targeting is a new type of attack linked to disinformation campaigns Description: Rapid changes in the climate and technological advances have led to the emergence of hybrid threats, ...

Claim: 12ft.io removes paywalls on major news sites, enabling readers to access higher quality news content. Description: The claim asserts that 12ft.io, a website, bypasses paywalls on major news ...

On February 14 2019, Vani Hari (popularly known as the “Food Babe” in the media) shared a graphic that compared the purported difference between Heinz Ketchup’s ingredient list in the United Kingdom ...