German Elections 2017

• #TakeAKnee is a U.S. controversy, but Russian trolls are fanning the flames

  Russian trolls were doing their best to deepen divisions that already exist by amplifying the Take a Knee controversy on social media, a U.S. senator warned this week.

  Politics

  Sep 30, 2017
  
• Parsons Green hoaxes show (again) why you can’t trust screenshotted tweets

  If there's terror or disaster, it must be time for fake tweets. Here's how to spot them.

  World

  Sep 16, 2017
  
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• Earth won’t be cast into weeks of darkness in November, or at any other time

  Reports on a variety of dubious sites claim that the world will be cast into darkness between November 15 and November 30 due to an "astronomical event between Jupiter and Venus."

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2017
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• A man-eating great white shark wasn’t caught in Lac-St.-Jean (or Lake Michigan, either)

  It would be good news to learn that deadly freshwater sharks had been found and caught - it's better news that they never existed in the first place.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2017