Hoaxes
No, Tilapia Is Not a Mutant, Boneless, Toxic Fish, Despite What the Internet Says
Please stop falling for that crazy graphic of tilapia “facts” that is making its way around the internet.
Can Wikipedia Solve YouTube's Conspiracy Theory Problem?
The Wikimedia Foundation wasn’t given warning before Susan Wojcicki announced at SXSW that YouTube is planning to use its content to debunk fake news.
Indonesia’s ‘Black Campaigns’ are About to Go Full ‘Black Mirror’
With new technologies like deepfakes everyone can create believable, but fake, videos of anyone they want. Is Indonesia ready for a future where everything—and nothing—looks real?
Indonesia's Answer to Fake News Is a Threat to Free Speech
In the country's revised Criminal Code, anyone can spend up to six years in prison for spreading a hoax.
The Two Schoolgirls Who Fooled the World Into Believing in Fairies
With some hatpins, cardboard, and a borrowed camera, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths created the Cottingley Fairies—one of the biggest photographic hoaxes of the 20th century.
Don't Worry, Tide Pods Aren't Going Anywhere
Don't believe the story about Tide pulling the toxic little guys off the shelves.
Trump Has No Idea What 'Fake News' Means
The president is apparently super mad about reporting errors that outlets have already apologized for. Weirdly, he doesn't seem to care about errors that make him sound good.
Hawaii's Mistaken Ballistic Missile Alert Shows How Fake News Spreads
And more stories that turned out to be nothing.
Roy Moore's Senate Campaign Is Still Propped Up by Bullshit
Defenders of the Alabama Senate candidate latched onto a real statement from one of Moore's accusers and distorted it until it became fake news.
The Roy Moore Accusations Have Been a Magnet for Fake News
Somehow, the Alabama special election has managed to get even uglier in the last week, this time thanks to hoaxes.