“These conspiracy theories are nonsense and a dangerous distraction from finding out the truth of what happened to Jamal,” said the Washington Post.
"Radisson Hotel Toronto East can confirm that the claims of goats being slaughtered in the public bathrooms are completely false statements," the hotel told BuzzFeed News.
Can you tell what was real news and what was fake news this week?
A Quebec IT worker was certain he’d developed a foolproof way to mine bitcoin. Instead, it led him and his investors to ruin.
This week: phallic buildings, weed jokes, and horse-eating alligators.
This week we have stories about floods, marine animals, and weird agriculture.
The Act.IL app paints itself as a grassroots initiative, but one expert calls it "advanced digital political astroturfing."
Reddit says the community violated its policies against inciting violence and harassment.
Reddit is still home to communities such as /r/whitenationalism, /r/gentilesunited, and /r/whitebeauty, which promotes "fascist beauty standards."
This week's quiz features robots, people getting lost at sea, and vulgar tweets.
NASA strongly disagrees.
A viral image claiming the show called the 2016 electoral map has nothing to do with Trump.
It's a big fat fake.
"We clearly have some soul-searching to do," the band said in a statement.
The clip is actually from Mexico in 2012.
The "dog semen" comic has been talked about for decades.
My Horse Prince is ruining people.
"Keep off black rocks."
The ever-growing QAnon conspiracy theory got a big boost from YouTube this week.
"The idea behind the judgmental map is that everyone is offended."
