Jane Lytvynenko
Jane Lytvynenko is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Toronto, Canada. PGP fingerprint: A088 89E6 2500 AD3C 8081 BAFB 23BA 21F3 81E0 101C.
Contact this reporter at jane.lytvynenko@buzzfeed.com
If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz, You're Drowning In Fake News
This week we have stories about hamburgers, cats, and injected semen.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 22 hours ago
There Has Been A Resurgence Of Detentions Of LGBT People In Chechnya, According To Reports
Social media posts are warning gay men and women to flee from the region.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 9 days ago
Scammers Are Tricking People Into Buying Puppies That Don’t Exist
“I think anybody that goes looking online for a puppy, if you look at more than one or two places, you’re going to run across a fraud site. It’s that bad.”
Jane Lytvynenko
• 12 days ago
29 Hoaxes We Debunked In 2018
This was the year of Monster ham, the Gorilla Channel, and a whole lot of anti-immigrant hoaxes.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 24 days ago
If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz, You're Drowning In Fake News
This week we have stories about the Oscars, Christmas, and sex on a pyramid.
Jane Lytvynenko
• One month ago
Find Out If You Got Duped By The Internet With This Week's Fake News Quiz
This week we have stories about the French protests, Donald Trump, and a baby born from a dead woman's uterus.
Jane Lytvynenko
• One month ago
“I Wonder What Will Happen Next”: Alleged Ad Fraud Masterminds React To Being Found By The FBI
Recently unsealed court documents and reporting from BuzzFeed News provide an inside look at how the FBI investigated two ad fraud operations.
Craig Silverman
• One month ago
Find Out If You Got Duped By The Internet With This Week's Fake News Quiz
This week we have stories about a mini Ice Age, a gender-reveal party, and a very large steer.
Jane Lytvynenko
• One month ago
The Viral Photo Of A Mother Fleeing At The Border Is Now Fodder For More Conspiracy Theories
This is just one of the hoaxes that keeps spreading about the migrant caravan weeks after it departed from Honduras.
Jane Lytvynenko
• One month ago
Laura Loomer Was Banned From Twitter After Spreading Anti-Muslim Falsehoods About Ilhan Omar
Loomer was known for spreading falsehoods on the platform.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 2 months ago
Instagram Influencers Are Using The California Wildfires To Sell Products And Post Nudes
Influencers are promoting clothing brands, sales, and themselves using terms related to the fires.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 2 months ago
If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz, You're Drowning In Fake News
This week we have stories about the Queen, the California wildfires, and a bedazzled pigeon.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 2 months ago
Cryptocurrency Scams Are Thriving On Twitter Eight Months After It Said It Was Working To Eliminate Them
Scammers promising free bitcoin have become more sophisticated over the past few months, hacking verified Twitter accounts like Target to spread their scheme. It seems to be coming from Russia.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 2 months ago
Trump Is Tweeting Bogus Claims Of Voter Fraud. Here’s How His False Claims Echo Online Conspiracies.
"It's more likely that people are stricken by lightning than if they impersonate someone at the polls."
Jane Lytvynenko
• 2 months ago
If You Get 7/7 On This Fake News Quiz, You're A Superhero
This week's stories are all about voter fraud, the midterms, and a dead pimp in Nevada.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 2 months ago
Election Officials Asked Twitter To Remove A Video Falsely Claiming Voter Fraud, But The Company Refuses
“Twitter’s open and real-time nature is a powerful antidote to the spreading of all types of false information,” a spokesperson said.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 2 months ago
A Fake Donald Trump Twitter Account Is Spreading Election Falsehoods (And A Link To "2 Girls, 1 Cup")
Twitter took down the account six minutes after BuzzFeed News asked about it.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 2 months ago
North Dakota Democrats Ran A Misleading Facebook Ad Discouraging People From Voting
The ad ran from a Facebook page that appears to have been set up just for this campaign, as Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp struggles to hold on to her seat.
Jane Lytvynenko
• 2 months ago