The most popular hoax of 2014! Did they deceive you?

Somebody deceived you hoax the 2014; Many of us seem to be very keen to believe that we are reading on Facebook, especially when the publications have a picture, or a video as a proof. Hoax often resembles news and causes us to share with our friends. hoax 2

With social media it is certainly very easy to circulate and spread false news and it seems to be too many who do not question what they are reading and continue their dissemination.

Recognizing false news is sometimes quite difficult, as crooks use real stories to build a fake. Let's take a look at the fake stories of the year to learn and try to make a better sort of what we will share with our 2015 friends.

The number one hoax that broke the year we passed was a publication that first appeared in September and was trying to protect us from them and Facebook Terms. The hoax started with English-speaking accounts and was subsequently translated into Greek. It was based on the actual event of Facebook's policy change, and was supposed to protect everyone who copied and pasted it on their wall.

Read: "Due to the fact that Facebook" New misleading message

It all started when Facebook changed the terms and conditions of use within 2014. Of course, as many times as you've copied and pasted the message, you've already agreed to Facebook terms. Let's mention the same publication reappeared in November, mentioning exactly the same things.

The hoax by charging the iPhone in a microwave oven!

A fake Apple ad began to circulate on the Internet this fall, arguing that there was one a new way to charge your iPhone: με τον φούρνο μικροκυμάτων. Υποθετικά, το νέο λειτουργικό σύστημα είχε την ικανότητα να “σας επιτρέπει να φορτίζετε με τις συχνότητες των μικροκυμάτων που a . "

Of course, we don't want to believe that there were people who baked them them, and we believe that the spread of this hoax was only because the event was funny.

The hoax that wants Facebook to charge its users!

This hoax is almost as old as Facebook itself. But it continues to circulate and spread, using as a reference a fake "news agency" that reports that the social network will start charging its users $2,99 ​​a month to avoid an "irreparable financial burden." The hoax has been shared more than 2,3 million times on Facebook since it was posted in September. It is known, of course, that Facebook has stated that it will never charge for its services, since it is making money from selling ads.

There are no angels I tell you. The hoax with the angel saves a rider

Released on Facebook in August. A video shows an angel saving a teleporter (along with his motorbike) escaping the course of a truck. Of course, the video does not show any teleportation.

In fact, the video was created with the help of editing, and is part of an ad campaign from a Chinese computer game called Dragon Totem Girl (Zhu Xian 2). The hype on the game shows the main character of having various superpowers (such as teleportation) and helping the world in its everyday life.

The hoax with the appearing defeat that became a modelJeremy Meeks

Posted on Facebook, "hot convict" Jeremy Meeks reportedly signed a $ 30,000 contract with modeling agency Blaze Modelz. It was later found that the posts were fake, but that it was too late to stop the rumors.

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