BuzzFeed Has a Running List of Protest-Related Hoaxes
June 1, 2020 10:05AM CDT
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While social media is our eyes and ears into everything happening with these protests, as always, it’s also a major source of misinformation. BuzzFeed News has a running list of hoaxes.
Morning folks, back at it.
Adding to the thread but it’s getting long, so it’s compiled in this article here: https://t.co/WiBsy1pL9T
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— Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ (@JaneLytv) June 1, 2020
For instances…no, TicTok didn’t block posts related to Black Lives Matter or George Floyd.
There were also several tweets about “missing” people, that were not actually missing.
Bottom line is, don’t believe everything you read, especially from unverified sources.
