Publication: Snopes.com
Snopes.com
has 4.8% among publications.
BS Score: 1.1%.
Articles analyzed: 6.
Words analyzed: 36,620.
Analyzed articles
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- By Nur Ibrahim
- 6/22/2026, 6:00 AM
Unattributed Quote 30.5% - Appeal to Authority 13.2% - Appeal to Emotion 10.6%
As the FIFA World Cup was underway in the summer of 2026, reports emerged of visa rejections and travelers being turned away at the U.S. border from countries like Somalia, Morocco, Iran, and Iraq and a claim circulated online that former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt once banned Islam from the U.S. A popular X post (archived)... more
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- By Anna Rascouët-Paz
- 6/19/2026, 6:33 AM
Anecdotal 18.4% - Appeal to Authority 16.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 13.6%
A rumor spread in 2026 that decades earlier, a Jewish cantor — someone who sings and leads and congregation in prayer — reached out to a Ku Klux Klan leader who had been harassing him and their subsequent friendship led the former klansman to convert to Judaism. Posts with the same text spread on Facebook in late May 2026. They recounted... more
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- By Megan Loe
- 6/13/2026, 6:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 29.8% - Availability Heuristic 17.3% - Unattributed Quote 15.9%
In June 2026, social media users shared warnings about a supposed "gold" update to the popular messaging app WhatsApp. Their posts described the alleged "WhatsApp Gold" update as a scam that would install malicious software on people's phones and compromise their personal information. The posts urged people not to engage with any... more
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- By Laerke Christensen
- 6/5/2026, 4:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 42.8% - Confirmation Bias 11.8% - Recency Bias 11.7%
A persistent claim circulated online that woodpeckers avoid concussions from pecking because their long tongues wrap around their skulls, protecting their brains. It's true that some scientists in the past have believed the woodpecker's long tongue provides some sort of inbuilt protection against brain damage due to frequent and... more
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- By Laerke Christensen
- 6/3/2026, 2:52 PM
Appeal to Authority 38.5% - Representativeness Heuristic 8.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 8.6%
The claim that "Google is planning to release millions of bacteria-infested mosquitoes into US states" is still under investigation. The claims relate to Debug, a Google-owned project that releases sterile male mosquitoes into the wild to control populations and decrease virus transmission risk to humans. In 2025, Google made two... more
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- By Aleksandra Wrona
- 5/25/2026, 3:00 PM
Hasty Generalization 33.4% - Appeal to Authority 22.5% - Negativity Bias 20.3%
In May 2026, online ads and videos were again using Bill Gates' name to sell supposed remedies for Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The products appeared under names such as "Brain Honey," "Mind Boost," "Memopezil," "BrainHealth" and "MemoPryl," but the pitch stayed largely the same, presenting Gates as the person behind a memory-loss... more
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- By Aleksandra Wrona
- 4/14/2026, 12:06 PM
Representativeness Heuristic 16.4% - Appeal to Authority 14.2% - Hasty Generalization 11.8%
For months, readers emailed Snopes and searched our website to learn whether tech billionaire Bill Gates had really developed or endorsed products claiming to treat Alzheimer's disease or dementia. The question stemmed from online ads and videos promoting supposed remedies marketed under names such as "Brain Honey," "Mind Boost,"... more
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- By Joey Esposito
- 5/2/2025, 4:00 AM
Confirmation Bias 20.8% - Appeal to Authority 18.6% - Biased Writer Voice 17%
A multitude of claims sharing a photograph alleging to depict a gravestone of twin sisters who died over 100 years apart spread on social media in April 2025. Users on platforms such as Facebook (archived), X (archived) and Instagram (archived) shared the same photograph, which depicts the apparent pillar-shaped gravestone of Emily E.... more