Laminin, an Important Protein that Looks Like a Cross-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor talks of a substance called “laminin” that is described as part of a family of proteins that “hold us ...

This page is a work in progress and we are in the process of updating older archived materials. Please check back regularly for more information. Stories about mysterious deaths of people associated ...

On July 6 2023, a post to Reddit’s r/todayilearned subreddit shared a post about United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and “The Business Plot” of 1933: FDR and the Business Plot on r ...

On May 23 2023, several social media posts popped up with the jarring claim that a majority of book removal or book ban requests in American schools were an effort by the same eleven individuals: ...

Across a deceptively tranquil lake scene, text read: This is Lake Superior. It has three quadrillion gallons of COLD water. Water that is so cold, a dead body will never float to the surface, because ...

On November 30 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at preventing a railroad strike ahead of the holiday season — although the matter was not yet fully settled: The House on ...

On June 7 2023, amid right-wing book-banning attempts sweeping the United States, poet and author Amanda Gorman addressed the banning of her own book The Hill We Climb at a Florida elementary school.

September 8 2020 marked approximately one month from the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, and it heralded purported news that the widely-attended gathering served as a “super-spreader ...

Fact Check Claim: President Ronald Reagan lowered the top income tax rate from 70% to 28%, then imposed the first ever income tax on social security benefits to make up for it. Description: A ...

An often-circulated quote from a University of Pennsylvania faculty member attacking United States President Donald Trump was posthumously spread second-hand. The purported remark attributed to ...

On January 8 2021, “zip ties” became a topic of discourse around the January 6 2021 Capitol riots as the public began to unpack and come to terms with the events of that chaotic day: Although the ...

This is a series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. Part I: Firehosing Part II: Gaslighting Part III: Distraction Part IV: Signaling and Dog ...