hoaxes
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Hollywood’s Strict COVID Protocols Will Remain in Place Until January
After initially grinding to a halt in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. film industry gradually began to wind back up last year, albeit with new protocols put in place designed to make production sets — places where people are required to interact closely with one another in tight spaces — as…
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Wohl Hits Wall
The office of the Attorney General of Michigan announced felony charges on Thursday against far-right conspiracy theorists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, saying the world’s least dynamic pro-Trump duo was behind tens of thousands of robocalls attempting to intimidate voters. If convicted on all four counts, they could face a max sentence of 24 years…
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UK Authorities Turn To Social Media Platforms For Help Squashing Dangerous Coronavirus 5G Hoax
Several mobile phone towers across the UK went up in flames this week after a bogus conspiracy theory linking the pandemic to the rollout of 5G began to pick up traction online. This string of arsons, as well as widespread reports of related physical and verbal threats directed at broadband engineers, has authorities calling for…
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Viral Video Of Glitter Bomb For Package Thieves Exposed As Partial Fake
Remember that viral video of the former NASA engineer who got sick and tired of people stealing his packages? He built an impressively high-tech glitter bomb to prank the thieves and even lent the sneaky invention to friends so they could do the same. Well, it turns out that some of the video was faked…