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Posting This Notice on Your Facebook Account Will Stop Platform from Using Your Photos?
Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 19, 2024
Variations of this claim have been floating around the internet for more than a decade.
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Facebook Ads Falsely Claim Jaden Smith, Rowan Atkinson Died to Promote This Very Dangerous Scam
Written by:
Jordan Liles
April 25, 2024
Meta, the owner of Facebook, accepted money for ads displaying the death hoaxes. People who clic ...
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Facebook Posts About McDonald's Customers 'Furious' at Prices Lead to Scammy, AI-Written Articles
Written by:
Jordan Liles
April 12, 2024
This is the story of a coordinated effort managed from outside of the U.S. to lure users to enga ...
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Mother Left 1-Year-Old in Abandoned House and Made Tearful Discovery Upon Returning 10 Years Later?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
March 23, 2024
Snopes looked for the facts about a young girl who had purportedly once been abandoned in a vaca ...
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'Build Back Better' Post Lists US Store Closings Supposedly Under Biden. Is It True?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
March 21, 2024
Online users shared a viral Facebook post in March 2024 listing purported numbers of U.S. store ...
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Is Zac Efron Starring In 'Knight Rider' Reboot on Amazon Prime?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
March 20, 2024
With the exception of one popular Facebook satire page, nobody appeared to be making this claim.
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New, Unprecedented Facebook Rule Appeared on TV That Allows Meta to Use Your Photos?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
March 8, 2024
Users were told to post "I do not authorize META, Facebook or any entity associated with Faceboo ...
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450K Facebook Users Fell for This Toyota Tundra Giveaway Scam
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Dec. 15, 2023
Here's the lowdown on what these scammers were looking to accomplish.
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Do Snow Globes Contain Antifreeze Chemical Ethylene Glycol That's Dangerous to Pets?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Dec. 10, 2023
Here's what we know about the clear liquid that's inside snow globes and its purported risks to ...
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Did the Flat Earth Society Post on Facebook It Has 'Members All Around the Globe'?
Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Dec. 8, 2023
The group's mission is to "promote and initiate discussion of Flat Earth theory."
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'Amazon Got Hacked': Viral Rumor Says Criminals Added Fake Locker Addresses to Accounts
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Dec. 7, 2023
By email, a spokesperson for Amazon told Snopes that the issue was an "error" and that they were ...
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Does Typing '@' in a Facebook Comment and Clicking 'Highlight' Reveal 'Page Watchers'?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Nov. 27, 2023
A viral post claims there is a secret way to find the Facebook friends who might be lurking on y ...
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Is iPhone AirDrop Feature 'NameDrop' Dangerous, as Facebook Posts Claim?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Nov. 27, 2023
Here's the lowdown about the Facebook warnings regarding NameDrop, an iPhone feature that debute ...
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Was Matthew Perry Accurately Quoted in Viral Posts About How He Wanted To Be Remembered After Death?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Oct. 30, 2023
“I've had a lot of ups and downs in my life," the viral message attributed to Perry began.
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Oliver Anthony Files 'Slander Suit' Against Singer Maren Morris?
Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Oct. 9, 2023
The claim spread after The New York Times posted a podcast episode on Oct. 4, 2023, that feature ...
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Is This Mark Zuckerberg With Injuries After Elon Musk 'Surprised' Him?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 3, 2023
The tech giants have had a contentious relationship.
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Facebook To Charge Users $7.99 Per Month, as 'Channel 13 News' Reported?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Sept. 13, 2023
Facebook users alerted friends of the purported breaking news in copy-and-paste posts.
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'Here's How To Bypass the System' Post Is a Facebook Hoax
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Aug. 17, 2023
The Facebook hoax that never ends often brings a fair share of users who misunderstand the platf ...
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Searching 'Chicken Soup' on Facebook Returns a Warning About Child Sexual Abuse?
Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Aug. 15, 2023
"Why has chicken soup come up as a child abuse alert on Facebook? I am confused," a social media ...
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Viral Post Claims Woman's Rental Car Was Marked with 'AF' for 'Alone Female'
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Aug. 8, 2023
We've seen our fair share of stories alluding to criminal schemes like these in the past, usuall ...
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