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Rumors such as these:
Rumors such as these:
Disney Bans Tattoos in Theme Parks
"A report that Disney had banned customers bearing tattoos from their theme parks was an April Fool's Day joke." Read More
Hillary Clinton Arrested by FBI
"Several "too good to be true" fake news articles published on April Fools' Day reported that Hillary Clinton had been arrested by the feds." Read More
Donald Trump Blames Muslims for Death of Jesus
"A news article that reported that Donald Trump said he didn't like Muslims because they killed Jesus originated from a site that specializes in satire stories." Read More
Snopes tells us about sites such as "PunkShare (a prank generator similar to FeedNewz), which enabled social media users to generate shocking false headlines for sharing on social media. The user-generated pranks tended to get away from their intended audiences and into the wilds of social media rather quickly, and often involved rumors claiming popular chain stores or restaurants were closing nationwide. In March 2016, a spate of similar sites created constellations of false rumors about celebrities moving to small towns."
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