#hoaxesandpranks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #hoaxesandpranks, aggregated by home.social.
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Twitter Users Are Still Waiting for a Check-Mark Reckoning - The promised changes to the platform’s verification program have been slow. Attention has... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/03/technology/twitter-blue-check-elon-musk.html #computersandtheinternet #impostors(criminal) #virtualcurrency #hoaxesandpranks #socialmedia #celebrities #muskelon #twitter #badges
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Someone Offered 'Harvard' Jobs to Known Women in India. It Was a Scam. - For over a year, prominent women in India, including journalists, were reeled into a laby... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/technology/harvard-job-scam-india.html #computersandtheinternet #bharatiyajanataparty #impostors(criminal) #harvarduniversity #newsandnewsmedia #computersecurity #hoaxesandpranks #anandbharatn
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When the Tech Backlash Turns Dangerous: Fake Calls for a SWAT Team - Online forums carry personal details of potential targets like industry leaders and their families... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/technology/fake-swat-calls-swatting.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #computersandtheinternet #cyberharassment #hoaxesandpranks #krebsonsecurity #socialmedia #facebookinc #mosseriadam #police
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They Kinda Want to Believe Apollo 11 Was Maybe a Hoax - Conspiracy theories were once deadly serious. On the internet, skepticism about the moon landing s... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/science/moon-landing-hoax-conspiracy-theory.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #rocketscienceandpropulsion #fringegroupsandmovements #computersandtheinternet #spaceandastronomy #hoaxesandpranks #apolloproject #dawsonshane #youtube.com #kaysingbill #sibrelbart #moon