From fake tweets to feigned poverty, the Internet was ablaze with hoaxes in 2013. Tess Lynch reported on the "rise of the hoax economy" for Grantland, calling out the biggest dupes of the year. Lying ...

Sarah Anne Smith of the Washington Post says that Will Smith is the latest celebrity victim of an Internet hoax. Will Smith is not dead, just the victim of a nasty rumor that you may have seen on the ...

Or when some weirdo convinced the internet that McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets were made of “pink slime”? Those hoaxes really went viral! Today, from fake alien invasions to wild conspiracy theories, ...

In the early days of the digital age, a single photograph emerged that seemed to capture a terrifying, cinematic moment of man versus nature. You likely remember the image of a British Royal Navy ...

Ellen DeGeneres is the subject of false internet rumors, including claims of being biologically male and linked to Jeffrey ...

A viral hoax falsely claimed Seth Rogen's death, highlighting the rapid spread of misinformation on social media. The actor ...