Trump’s 9/11 memories aren’t fact-based — and fact-checkers wrote about them again this year
Every time President Donald Trump talks about 9/11, U.S fact-checkers raise their pens. The story…
September 13, 2019
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Snopes pulls out of its fact-checking partnership with Facebook
Snopes is no longer debunking misinformation in partnership with Facebook. In a statement published Friday,…
February 1, 2019
Snopes is feuding with one of the internet’s most notorious hoaxers
It looks like a Snopes fact check. It reads like a Snopes fact check. And…
August 1, 2018
Snopes fired its managing editor — and she doesn’t know why
First, Brooke Binkowski was burned out. Then, she was told that she had been fired…
July 31, 2018
Snopes has its site back. But the legal battle over its ownership will drag on for months.
One of the oldest American fact-checking projects has regained control of its hosting and majority…
March 20, 2018
Should satire be flagged on Facebook? A Snopes debunk sparks controversy
A recent debunk from Snopes exposed a grey area for Facebook’s fact-checking tool. It started…
March 2, 2018
What it’s like to see your photo transformed into a racist online hoax
When Gabriella Angotti-Jones checked her email Thursday, she found something she wasn’t expecting. “I got…
January 9, 2018
It’s been a year since Facebook partnered with fact-checkers. How’s it going?
Exactly one year ago, one of the largest technology companies in the world turned to…
December 15, 2017
Snopes won the first round in the battle for its site. Round two begins today.
Today in a San Diego courtroom, the battle for Snopes will be set in motion…
August 4, 2017
Snopes met its $500K fundraising goal. Now what?
In one day, Snopes received more than $500,000 worth of donations from nearly 20,000 people on…
July 25, 2017
Snopes is locked in a legal battle for control of its website
The owner of Snopes is locked in a legal battle with a small digital services…
July 11, 2017
Fact-checkers around the world agree on shared code of principles
Thirty-five organizations from 27 countries have signed a new code of principles that emphasizes the importance…
September 15, 2016