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Unravelling the virality of death hoaxes—featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar and now Shreyas Talpade
From fake rumours of Amitabh Bachchan dying in a car crash to Lata Mangeshkar tweeting to confirm s…
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GOP senator falls for sexually explicit Jimmy Carter death hoax
The fake letter announcing Jimmy Carter's death quoted the 39th president as calling his wife a "ba…
Bryan Metzger
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Lil Tay's new music release is making fans think her death hoax was a PR stunt
Commenters are gesturing at the closeness of the death hoax and the release of her track, "Sucker 4…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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How Lil Tay rocketed to fame at 9 years old, disappeared from social media, and became the speculation of a death hoax
Many on social media became convinced it was all a hoax. And a report from TMZ the following day ov…
Geoff Weiss
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As soon as rumors emerged that 15-year-old influencer Lil Tay had died, online sleuths mobilized. Now they're more convinced than ever her 'death post' was a cruel hoax.
Online sleuths were skeptical of reports that 15-year-old influencer Lil Tay had died, pointing to …
Charissa Cheong,Sirena Bergman
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Sandy Hook mom says hoax believers stalked the cemetery after her husband died by suicide for signs his death was faked
Jen Hensel, who lost her daughter Avielle in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, testified Wednesday in t…
Ashley Collman
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An influencer who faked her death from cervical cancer says she did it to raise awareness for women who actually died from the disease
Poonam Pandey says she posted that she died from cervical cancer to raise awareness for women who a…
Katie Balevic
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Putin fake death rumors are being spread by the Kremlin to gauge Russian reactions, Ukraine intelligence says
The Kremlin is using fake rumors about Putin's death spreading on social media to test how Russians…
Thibault Spirlet
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TikTok enters its moral panic era: Why does everyone keep falling for hoax challenges and fake trends?
There's a long list of dubious TikTok trends that media and authorities have blown out of proportio…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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A detailed timeline undermining Russia's claim that the massacre in Bucha was a Ukrainian hoax
Russia says its forces couldn't have committed atrocities in Bucha, but an analysis of the evidence…
Tom Porter
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Lil Tay's last Instagram post before her purported death complained about 'evil in the world' in a tribute to controversial rapper XXXTentacion
Lil Tay discussed her relationship with rapper XXXTentacion after his death in a 2018 Instagram pos…
Andrew Lloyd
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A patient in their 30s has reportedly died after attending a 'COVID party' in Texas and thinking coronavirus was a 'hoax'
According to the hospital's chief medical officer, the patient told their nurse, "I think I made a …
Callie Ahlgrim
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Morgan Stanley diversity disclosure - JPM axes some fees - Walmart litecoin hoax
The biggest finance news for Sept. 14, including the latest on Morgan Stanley's diversity goals and…
Jordan Parker Erb
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Why it seems like every celebrity death is now a conspiracy theory
Dead celebrities from Coolio and Queen Elizabeth II to Anne Heche and DMX have become fodder for QA…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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The Queen's death is a boom time for QAnon and wild conspiracies
Immediately after the Queen's death, the QAnon community started spreading baseless conspiracy theo…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Twitter suspended hundreds of accounts that used '#dcblackout' to spread false reports of a communications blackout
Twitter suspended hundreds of accounts associated with a hoax that the federal government blocked c…
Ben Gilbert
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Anti-vaxxers are spreading the conspiracy theory that Bob Saget died from a booster shot, after the same hoax spread about Betty White
People are spreading baseless theories about how Saget died online, following similar claims about …
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Bebe Rexha slammed a Twitter hoax claiming she died of a drug overdose
One tweet falsely claimed CNN had "confirmed" the singer's death and that her family had already re…
Callie Ahlgrim
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Alex Jones was ordered to pay millions in damages for his claims that Sandy Hook was a hoax, but the 1 in 5 Americans who believe him can harass surviving families without consequence. We talked to one of them.
Although Alex Jones has been held liable for his defamatory comments about Sandy Hook, a belief in …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Russian rocket strike on Ukrainian train station kills at least 50 people trying to evacuate, officials say
Two Russian rockets hit a station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was packed with people fleei…