All news on the topic: Hoaxes

According to a researcher, the New Right behaves similarly to the woke left, having its own version of cancel culture. In the upcoming election, this could harm Republicans' prospects due to these objectionable influencers

According to the results, Americans believe only 41% of what they consume online is totally accurate, fact-based and created by a real human.

After eluding scientists and monster hunters for centuries, the mystery of Loch Ness may have just been revelaed — and all it took was an off-the-cuff remark made by His Royal Highness Prince William to a scientist.

Instagram model Victoria Rose has revealed that she faked her own abduction, claiming that she just wanted to have a "little fun."

Jussie Smollett marked half the country with a scarlet letter lie — and he's getting away with it.

Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett has had his conviction for lying about a fake racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago thrown out by the Illinois Supreme Court.

According to The Bigfoot Field Research Organization, a witness claimed to hear Bigfoot yelling and making whooping sounds for an extended period in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Halloween partygoers in Dublin, Ireland felt duped when they arrived in large numbers for a highly anticipated parade that wasn't actually planned

It was only a matter of time before Bigfoot became a TikTok star. A content creator has allegedly captured the furry beast on video in what could be the clearest footage of the much-debated, mythical beast to date. "I really think I caught a f--king Bigfoot on camera," exclaimed @E_ManAlfaro in the caption to the brief clip, which was shot in the Parallel Forest in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Fruit enthusiasts are apparently flocking in droves to Saskatchewan, Canada in search of some alluring purple apples that are blowing up on social media.

Henry Herring admitted to The Post that he slashed himself to get time off from his job with the MTA -- but claims he had a "plausible reason" for trying to pull off the humiliating hoax.

A city transit worker allegedly admitted he slashed himself and claimed he was attacked in the subways in Queens in order to get some time off from the job because "it was too hot down there"

Carlee Russell made headlines when she faked her own abduction last summer.

I went out with the 'Tinder Swindler' of Hinge—I can't believe I took such a risky step. A woman looking for love was tricked by someone she met on Hinge into covering the costs for a first date trip to Spain, but she said he disappeared and left her with the large bill

Utah authorities report that they have received over 4,000 "false" reports regarding transgender individuals using public restrooms that do not align with their biological sex, just 72 days after initiating a program to report these occurrences

Italian model Ines Trocchia claimed that she's often accused of being an artificial intelligence-created bot amid the proliferation of AI, which is known for generating flawless representations of people online.

An appeals court on Friday affirmed the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was charged with orchestrating a fake racist and homophobic assault on himself in 2019 and subsequently making false claims to Chicago authorities

That's a blatant lie. Ana Stanskovsky, a TikTok creator from the UK who caused a stir after claiming she had her boyfriend's name tattooed on her face, has now confessed it was all a prank. Her intention was to dissuade young people from getting tattoos

She can't stop thinking about her boyfriend. Georgia Bridges, a 24-year-old from the UK, faced online criticism for apparently spending close to $90 to have her boyfriend's name tattooed on her forehead, as shown in a TikTok video with 3.5 million views

Sherri Papini, 41, appeared solemn as she wiped a tear from her eye late last month while contending that she should be entitled to part of the insurance money her ex-husband, Keith, received after the Fawn Fire burned extensive areas of Shasta County in October 2021

Amid a flurry of dubious Nessie sightings of late, Scottish photographer John Howie has allegedly captured the most definitive proof that the iconic Loch Ness monster isn't just a myth.

Alabama nursing student Carlee Russell might spend a year behind bars after being convicted of staging her own abduction

Lil Tay's dad, Christopher J. Hope, was accused Tuesday of being the person behind the rapper and social media star's fake death announcement that was posted to Instagram last month.

A chilling TikTok video left true crime enthusiasts believing they had seen two crimes happening at the same time on film, only for this idea to be disproved by a social media detective named Brandon Conner

Harry Tsang, 32, who used to manage Lil Tay, is speaking out about the supposedly untrue report that she and her brother had died unexpectedly