Sentence examples for internet hoaxes from inspiring English sources

Internet hoaxes are easier to create than those on traditional media as anyone can create a webpage or post information to blogs.

Some version of the threat of "Ebola meth" has shown up in at least four other states, according to the website Snopes, which tracks and debunks internet hoaxes.

As we wring our hands over the impulsive hookups and Internet hoaxes of modern romance, let us pause a moment and travel back to the days long before text messages, Photoshop and all other manner of digital bedlam.

According to NASA, internet hoaxes have spread the following fictions: The ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia discovered a mysterious planet – "Nibiru" or "Planet X" – which is now headed toward Earth.

The Chive (which gets around 5.6 million unique visits a month, according to Google) is part of a network of viral sites run by brothers Leo and John Resig, who have a storied history of manufacturing Internet hoaxes, most notably the $10,000 Donald Trump tip and the infamous "virgin text messages her dad that she lost her virginity".

While Internet hoaxes have been around since the Soviet Union wanted to join Usenet in 1984 (remember LonelyGirl15?), we've had quite a few doozies this week, from the woman who got a tattoo of 152 of her Facebook friends on her arm, to the eHarmony user tearing up over her love of cats, to the kidnapped lesbian Syrian blogger turning out to be a not kidnapped married guy in Scotland.

Apparently, Mr. Limbaugh had fallen prey to an Internet hoax.

He has by no means disavowed atonality, as an Internet hoax proposed.

"There was no federal violation regarding the Internet hoax perpetrated against Mr. Te'o".

The latter story appears to have originated via an internet hoax spread by email.

He still contends with what he calls public indifference, and an Internet hoax claiming the phrase originated from a bordello.