internet hoaxes

Rick Perry Oversees America's Nukes. He Just Fell For A Basic Instagram Hoax.

The energy secretary was among a number of high-profile public figures caught out by a fake post.
Lee Moran

Don't Worry, Guys, Jack Black's Not Dead

Nina Golgowski

Don't Worry, Guys, Jack Black's Not Dead

C'mon. Obviously, "you cannot kill the metal."
Nina Golgowski

Columnist Who Debunks Internet Hoaxes Gives Up Because People Don't Care

By Benjamin Hart, The Washington Post

Columnist Who Debunks Internet Hoaxes Gives Up Because People Don't Care

There is nothing — NOTHING — too crazy for the Internet hoax beat.Pregnancy by flu shot? Six days of total darkness? In the
By The Washington Post

Copy/Paste This To Prohibit Old High School Friends From Posting On Facebook

John Trowbridge

Copy/Paste This To Prohibit Old High School Friends From Posting On Facebook

Just in case.
John Trowbridge

Don’t Believe This Facebook Hoax. Your Phone Does Not Have A 'Name'

Lorenzo Ligato

Don’t Believe This Facebook Hoax. Your Phone Does Not Have A 'Name'

Here's what's really going on.
Lorenzo Ligato

Viruses, Hacking and Hoaxes: The Unfortunately Unethical Side of the Internet

Unethical abuse of communication is not new. The rabbinic scholar, Rabbeinu Gershom, lived a thousand years ago and was considered one of the earliest and greatest scholars of the Ashkenazi Jewish community.
Rabbi Jason Miller